Re: [PATCH 1/1] hdsp: allow firmware loading from inside the kernel

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At Tue, 12 May 2009 09:05:19 +0200,
Raphaël Doursenaud wrote:
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> Takashi Iwai a écrit :
> > At Tue, 12 May 2009 08:47:29 +0200,
> > Raphaël Doursenaud wrote:
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> >> Takashi Iwai a écrit :
> >>> At Tue, 12 May 2009 08:16:08 +0200,
> >>> Raphaël Doursenaud wrote:
> >>>> From: Raphaël Doursenaud <rdoursenaud@xxxxxxx>
> >>>>
> >>>> Allow the use of  the FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL option with hdsp cards and
> >>>> in-kernel driver.
> >>> Did it really work without problems?
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> >>>
> >>> Takashi
> >> Tested over the weekend with two multifaces in my DAW.
> >> Got no problem.
> > 
> > Interesting.
> > Did you build the firmware file into the kernel, or not?
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> > 
> > Takashi
> Yes I built all hdsp fimware files (multiface_firmware.bin
> multiface_firmware_rev11.bin digiface_firmware.bin
> digiface_firmware_rev11.bin) into the kernel.
> It's the aim of this patch.

Well, the problem I'm concerned is that the driver can be compiled
in even if you have no built-in firmware.  And there is no restriction
or dependency check in Kconfig, so far.

Could you test how the kernel behaves without the built-in firmware?
Does it hang or give any critical error?


thanks,

Takashi
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