Luigi Rizzo <rizzo_at_icir.org> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 06:37:32PM +0930, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > ... >> I would suggest the driver loads the firmware from disk since you don't need >> to boot from your TV tuner card :) AFAIK we don't have such a facility. A disc controller (SCSI/RAID?) in the tree needs a firmware blob, ath needs a blob (but the license seems to be ok, so we can have it in the tree), the newly added WLAN drivers need a binary blob and some other pieces need a blob too. Having a general way of adding the blob would be better than reinventing the wheel. > why not ? it's a kind of a network device, after all... :) ---snip--- PXE booting from cxa0: Connecting to Channel 5... done. Booting CSI at 0x0.... ---snip--- ;-) Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander _at_ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild _at_ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 BOFH excuse #185: system consumed all the paper for pagingReceived on Wed Apr 20 2005 - 09:18:00 UTC
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