In kernel 2.6.33 request_firmware_nowait() gained a new parameter to set
the memory allocation flags.
We have to remove this parameter to make the drxk driver (the only user of
request_firmware_nowait() so far) compilable again with kernels older
than 2.6.33.
Signed-off-by: Gianluca Gennari <gennar...@gmail.com>
---
backports/backports.txt | 1 +
backports/v2.6.32_request_firmware_nowait.patch | 15 +++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 backports/v2.6.32_request_firmware_nowait.patch
diff --git a/backports/backports.txt b/backports/backports.txt
index cc768d2..5554d9e 100644
--- a/backports/backports.txt
+++ b/backports/backports.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ add v2.6.33_pvrusb2_sysfs.patch
[2.6.32]
add v2.6.32_kfifo.patch
+add v2.6.32_request_firmware_nowait.patch
[2.6.31]
add v2.6.31_nodename.patch
diff --git a/backports/v2.6.32_request_firmware_nowait.patch
b/backports/v2.6.32_request_firmware_nowait.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8483189
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backports/v2.6.32_request_firmware_nowait.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+ drivers/media/dvb/frontends/drxk_hard.c | 1 -
+ 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/drxk_hard.c
++++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/drxk_hard.c
+@@ -6548,7 +6548,6 @@ struct dvb_frontend *drxk_attach(const struct
drxk_config *config,
+ status = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, 1,
+ state->microcode_name,
+ state->i2c->dev.parent,
+- GFP_KERNEL,
+ state, load_firmware_cb);
+ if (status < 0) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR
+
--
1.7.0.4
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