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

[Sam Leffler]

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.
>>
> 
>