On Wed, 2013-12-04 at 12:32 +0100, Robert Schwebel wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 09:12:38AM +0800, Niew, Sh. wrote: > > >> Question2: Why v3.12 can works w/o the firmware and v3.11 don't? > > > this patch helps.. > > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=dcfec3c09890120d86d4e86887074c76763075ca > > > > Good to know... > > The "firmware missing" message is a bit misleading. The SDMA unit has > ROM firmware which can be patches if you install a separate firmware. So > yes, it is missing, but it isn't necessarily a problem. The kernel > message should be fixed. [...] Debian's kernel is patched to make logging of firmware loading and failure consistent. I obviously need to make some exceptions to this. (In fact, to get that change upstream I think that the default needs to remain quiet and I should add functions that provide standard logging of success/failure. Then I would change over most but not all drivers to use the latter.) Ben. -- Ben Hutchings friends: People who know you well, but like you anyway.
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