From 5658c769443d543728b6c5c673dffc2df8676317 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Woodhouse Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 13:52:42 +0100 Subject: firmware: allow firmware files to be built into kernel image Some drivers have their own hacks to bypass the kernel's firmware loader and build their firmware into the kernel; this renders those unnecessary. Other drivers don't use the firmware loader at all, because they always want the firmware to be available. This allows them to start using the firmware loader. A third set of drivers already use the firmware loader, but can't be used without help from userspace, which sometimes requires an initrd. This allows them to work in a static kernel. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse --- include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/asm-generic') diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h index f054778e916c..8d71a40625f3 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h @@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_pci_fixups_resume) = .; \ } \ \ + /* Built-in firmware blobs */ \ + .builtin_fw : AT(ADDR(.builtin_fw) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ + VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_builtin_fw) = .; \ + *(.builtin_fw) \ + VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_builtin_fw) = .; \ + } \ + \ /* RapidIO route ops */ \ .rio_route : AT(ADDR(.rio_route) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_rio_route_ops) = .; \ -- cgit v1.2.3