From: cinap_lenrek@felloff.net
To: 9front@9front.org
Subject: Re: [9front] distproto: include the files in /lib/firmware/*
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2021 17:07:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ABAAE1A4E3CB7FDD190E40DA09C3BEF2@felloff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bJrzuFeNSfD-QU-x_BNHksiZjfStxdqwvRaboDJDuqu7ovgKJ4B1GmzJEG4Bi3ujv2ez5onhBtHdMzvfuCt0QGCBumwwQAvCwYwgY2E-vP0=@protonmail.com>
yeah, and with each firmware, the interface and message formats between the
driver and the firmware can completely change. linux solves this with a
gigant message translation layer to the point where it becomes impossible
to understand what exactly it sends to the firmware.
and there is NO DOCUMENTATION for any of this.
while the openbsd (and inspired 9front) driver sticks to a specific firmware
version.
if you want to update the firmware, you also need to revisit the driver
and reverse engineer what linux does with this exact firmware revision
and card.
--
cinap
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-08 16:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-07 17:02 kemal
2021-03-07 17:20 ` ori
2021-03-07 17:36 ` kemal
2021-03-07 18:20 ` ori
2021-03-07 18:58 ` kemal
2021-03-07 19:11 ` kemal
2021-03-08 10:59 ` kemal
2021-03-08 11:10 ` hiro
2021-03-08 11:58 ` sirjofri
2021-03-08 12:15 ` Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir
2021-03-08 12:34 ` Julien Blanchard
2021-03-08 12:44 ` kemal
2021-03-08 12:55 ` hiro
2021-03-08 13:18 ` kemal
2021-03-08 13:28 ` hiro
2021-03-08 13:58 ` kemal
2021-03-08 14:03 ` hiro
2021-03-08 15:32 ` Stanley Lieber
2021-03-08 16:07 ` cinap_lenrek [this message]
2021-03-08 17:58 ` kemal
2021-03-08 15:29 ` Stanley Lieber
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