On Dec 19, 2005, at 2:49 PM, Rui Paulo wrote:

> On 2005.12.19 14:20:53 -0800, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> |
> | - Tries to read it all in at once (into a wired kernel buffer
> | allocated from kmem_map).  It would be better to allow a driver to
> | read in pieces at a time, potentially into pageable memory.
>
> Is there any device driver in our tree that tries to load the firmware
> in pieces at a time ? I know this could change in the future.

dev/pci/cz.c

>
> |
> | - It should be possible to set the directory search path via sysctl,
> | rather than hard-coding "/etc/firmware".
>
> I agree, but that's easy to change as Christos said.
>
> 		-- Rui Paulo

-- thorpej