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authorJohannes Stezenbach <devnull@localhost>2003-11-12 13:12:12 +0000
committerJohannes Stezenbach <devnull@localhost>2003-11-12 13:12:12 +0000
commit61ecbc747954a733faf261ef6459e76d5cba3a65 (patch)
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parente2b69f7d865cfe51af90a9696595de9866951aa4 (diff)
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mention CONFIG_FW_LOADER + /sbin/hotplug w/o arguments trick
-rw-r--r--linux/Documentation/dvb/FIRMWARE7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/linux/Documentation/dvb/FIRMWARE b/linux/Documentation/dvb/FIRMWARE
index 17ecc048d..c26d4dcd8 100644
--- a/linux/Documentation/dvb/FIRMWARE
+++ b/linux/Documentation/dvb/FIRMWARE
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@ binary-only firmware.
The DVB drivers will be converted to use the request_firmware()
hotplug interface (see linux/Documentation/firmware_class/).
+(CONFIG_FW_LOADER)
+
That means you will have to install recent hotplug scripts
which include an /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent to support this.
http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/
+(Call /sbin/hotplug without arguments to find out if the
+firmware agent is installed.)
The firmware.agent script expects firmware binaries in
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/. To avoid naming and versioning
@@ -34,6 +38,3 @@ current state:
variable (default /etc/dvb/tda1004x.bin); the
firmware binary must be extracted from the windows
driver
-
-
-eof