On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 12:47 PM, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When the kernel complains that it cannot find a certain item of firmware > that is required for a driver to work, you need to place that firmware > into the /lib/firmware directory, so that it can be found on demand. So the files expected location is /lib/firmware/av7110/bootcode.bin then. Fair enough, however you might want to consider that many users aren't familiar with what the kernel expects and have installed their Linux dvb system according to howto's. Unfortunately, I guess, those likely aren't updated in sync with the most recent changes. This is usually not a problem, although clearly is in this case. > A recent development is that we're starting to collect those firmware > images into a central repository, so that you don't have to go hunting > all over the place for them. That repository is at > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git I guess that's a good thing. I've never had to use git so I'm not familiar with it but hopefully users won't have to download the entire repository and then delete everything they don't need. I only need firmware for use with my nexus-s dvb card, it would be nice to be able to download only that -- only what I actually need. > We've also started to fix up some of the older drivers which used to > have firmware built directly into the kernel instead of using the > request_firmware() API to fetch it only when it's needed. Firmware for > _those_ drivers, which includes av7110, is actually included directly in > the kernel source tree for now, but cleanly separated from the drivers. > It can be included in the kernel if you build the driver in and set the > CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL option, or otherwise it'll be automatically > installed for you when you run 'make modules_install', if you build the > driver as a module. I, like many others, don't build the dvb drivers in/from the kernel at all. I download the v4l tree from http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb and select my drivers using menuconfig. Which by the way, didn't present me with an option to compile this av7110 bootcode into the driver. >From my perspective I used the same method I have been for a very long time except now I get an error saying av7110/bootcode.bin wasn't found both by 'apt-file search bootcode.bin' or 'find -H / |grep bootcode.bin'.. However, there is v4l-dvb/linux/firmware/av7110/bootcode.bin.ihex so is that the file users are supposed to use? If so, it's poor form that a user should have to rename files. > If you were using a normal kernel tree, this would all 'just work'. I > believe the main problem, other than the fact that you don't _want_ to > see the obvious answer, is that you're using a tree which has a lot of > the normal kernel bits stripped out, so the automatic installation of > the firmware doesn't work? I'm using kernel 2.6.29.1, however as previously mentioned, I use v4l-dvb, not kernel dvb drivers. > As it is, you just need to copy one file. It's _really_ simple. Which is > why I assumed (and still assume) that you're just trolling. While I agree copying a single file is simple, it's not so smart to assume everyone knows how to resolve the problem. As I've pointed out there are loads of users who are only as familiar with Linux as the installation howto's they used taught them to be. There's nothing wrong with using howtos, and not knowing everything about Linux behavior and the kernel. Additionally, the only "av7110/bootcode.bin" I found was actually "v4l-dvb/linux/firmware/av7110/bootcode.bin.ihex". The safe/smart thing to do is to ask rather then assuming you should (right?) rename & relocate that file. If this is in fact the necessary action to take, it should be mentioned somewhere people can search and find it (this thread possibly). As far as the "trolling" nonsense.. You can continue to think whatever you want, no matter how ridiculous. I, and others I know who are reading this thread but haven't participated in it, are just glad you actually replied with useful information this time. Thank you for that. To be absolutely clear; users compiling dvb drivers outside of the kernel should copy v4l-dvb/linux/firmware/av7110/bootcode.bin.ihex to /lib/firmware/av7110/bootcode.bin correct? Thanks for your help. _______________________________________________ linux-dvb users mailing list For V4L/DVB development, please use instead linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
