On 8/7/08, Scott Lovenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Belisko Marek wrote: > On 8/7/08, Scott Lovenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Belisko Marek wrote: > Hi, it is possible to call request_firmware in case that I would like > to load new FW to device on-fly? I have more FW beause device has low memory > and program is splitted to several bin files. Thanks in advance Marek > Am I the only one that thinks this could be dangerous? Sounds like fun! > :) Just wondering, what are you doing that requires you to overwrite > firmware on the fly? > For expain the situation: co-processors are some RISC cpus which perrfom > some critical tasks. Problem is limitation of memory in this co-processors. > It has only 8k flash. Code which is written for this co-processors is bigger > like 8k, so it is splitted to some lest's say logical parts. That's the > reason why I need to change FW on -fly. I know it seems dangerous and > completely strange :D but what you propose to do? (code for co-processors is > written in asm, so compiler optimatization doesn't help to reduce code size > ;)) M > Ugh! I'm really sorry, that sounds like a nightmare! You've got two hands, > and you're juggling five things directly on top of bare metal. You, my > friend, are a Real Programmer! :) > > I took SPARC ASM a few semesters ago at school; perhaps you have some > unfilled delay slots ;) > > Seriously, though, how are you going to test this? > Really I don't know how to test it ;), but imagine you are in my situation :D. It could be that coders for co-processors will be very good and they don't fill more than 8k of code ;). M -- Marek Beliško Ruská Nová Ves 219 08005 Prešov Slovakia http://binaural.ifastnet.com
