Xu Nakajima wrote: > Hello, > Can anyone explain in short why is firmware needed in > the zd1211 rewrite driver and there is no need for > firmware in the regular zd1211 driver?
The firmware is contained inside the driver itself. Having the firmware outside the driver, allows us - to save memory space, which the firmware would consume inside the kernel - to upgrade the firmware easily - to prevent licensing issues > And what, in short ,does firmware_class module do in > this context? It simply creates a directory in /sys/class/firmware, including the file entries needed for the firmware upload, sends an uevent to udevd, waits for the userspace to write the firmware into the /sys/class/firmware directory and reads the firmware after it has been written. Uli -- Uli Kunitz - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
