[linux-dvb] Re: tda1004x and sys_close

[Bernd Bartmann <Bernd.Bartmann@sohanet.de>]

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Johannes Stezenbach schrieb:
| Bernd Bartmann wrote:
|
|>Johannes Stezenbach schrieb:
|>| The home-grown firmware loader code in the various frontend drivers
|>| is problematic and should be replaced by request_firmware(). This
|>| has been discussed briefly on the list, but no one implemented it yet.
|>| (The #define __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__ hack caused a complaint
|>| on lkml recently.)
|>
|>So is there a way to circumvent the problem in the meantime? What's
|>missing? Just an include?
|
|
| Ask Redhat.

They say exactly what you already stated yourself:

- ------- Additional Comments From arjanv@redhat.com  2004-02-16 15:45
they have very evil code there; it's not allowed to read files from
kernel space like that, they should use request_firmware interface

So it looks like we won't get a usable tda1004x in FC2 until
request_firmware is used.

Best regards.

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Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Bernd Bartmann <Bernd.Bartmann@sohanet.de>
I.S. Security and Network Engineer
SoHaNet Technology GmbH / Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 10-11 / 10553 Berlin
Fon: +49 30 214783-44 / Fax: +49 30 214783-46
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