[linux-dvb] Re: Proposal for new frontend architecture

[Andrew de Quincey <adq_dvb@lidskialf.net>]

On Friday 08 Oct 2004 11:06, Michael Hunold wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 07.10.2004 23:51, Andrew de Quincey wrote:
> >>>* Kernel i2c code removed from frontends.
> >>
> >>I see that you do firmware loading through the pci device. This does not
> >>work with the dvb-ttpci driver, because it already requests the firmware
> >>this way.
> >
> > This is a reply to an old mail.
> >
> > I've just tested loading two firmwares on the same device with
> > request_firmware(). As long as they have different names, there is
> > absolutely no problem - the kernel definitely returns the correct
> > (different) data for each filename.
> >
> > I don't see this problem myself - am I missing something?
>
> Thanks for the clarification and sorry for the noise.
>
> So should we put the firmware request inside the device driver and pass
> the data to the init function?

I've just added a (*request_firmware) function pointer into the demodulator 
structures that needed it - this can change though. Its in CVS now (e.g. 
tda1004x).

> Are there different boards with the same frontend that need different
> firmwares to work?

Not as far as I know.