Re: loading a firmware image

["km b" <kmb810@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/16/07, Maslan <maslanbsd@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the best way to load a firmware image (microcode) ?
> AFAIK I've to load the image file first in memory then call
> firmware_register() but my problem is how should i load the image in
> memory ?? or should FIRMWS in Makefile be enough ???

FIRMWS is a FreeBSD specific Makefile target and it has not been
ported to DragonFly. Basically it builds kld module from raw firmware
data. E.g. see the makefiles in  sys/modules/iwifw in FreeBSD. You
still have to load the module before you call firmware_get() or
register the module as dependency in the main module. In DragonFly ,
afaik you have to provide your mechanism for managing firmware (e.g.,
through ioctl).

Cheers
kmb

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