cvs commit: src/sys/dev/cxgb bin2h.pl cxgb_main.c cxgb_t3fw.c cxgb_t3fw.h t3fw-5.0.0.bin.gz.uu src/sys/modules/cxgb Makefile src/sys/modules/cxgb/cxgb Makefile src/sys/modules/cxgb/cxgb_t3fw Makefile src/sys/conf NOTES files

[Kip Macy]

Uhm - I do the same thing as ispfw - can you tell me what is wrong with that?

 -Kip

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Sam Leffler <sam at errno.com> wrote:
> Huh?  What does "static linking" mean?  If you're looking for an example
>  of a firmware image being embedded in a kernel look at the npe firmware
>  used by xscale.
>
>         Sam
>
>
>
>  Kip Macy wrote:
>  > the make system doesn't work with firmware + static linking - this
>  > works around that
>  >
>  >
>  > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Kip Macy <kip.macy at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 8:33 AM, John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> wrote:
>  >>  > On Monday 25 February 2008 10:02:20 pm Kip Macy wrote:
>  >>  >  > kmacy       2008-02-26 03:02:20 UTC
>  >>  >  >
>  >>  >  >   FreeBSD src repository
>  >>  >  >
>  >>  >  >   Modified files:
>  >>  >  >     sys/dev/cxgb         cxgb_main.c
>  >>  >  >     sys/modules/cxgb     Makefile
>  >>  >  >     sys/modules/cxgb/cxgb Makefile
>  >>  >  >     sys/conf             NOTES files
>  >>  >  >   Added files:
>  >>  >  >     sys/dev/cxgb         bin2h.pl cxgb_t3fw.c cxgb_t3fw.h
>  >>  >  >     sys/modules/cxgb/cxgb_t3fw Makefile
>  >>  >  >   Removed files:
>  >>  >  >     sys/dev/cxgb         t3fw-5.0.0.bin.gz.uu
>  >>  >  >   Log:
>  >>  >  >   Move firmware in to separate module that can be compiled statically in to
>  >>  >  the kernel
>  >>  >  >   Add utility for converting future firmware revs to a C header file
>  >>  >
>  >>  >  Did you consider using firmware(9)?  It already handles wrapping a binary blob
>  >>  >  into a kernel module for you and can autoload the firmware on demand.
>  >>  >
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>  Read the code.
>  >>
>  >
>  >
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