Re: ipw2100: firmware problem

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>]

Olivier Galibert wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 03:56:15PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> > I guess at some point we will need a file system in there, but - oops -
> > we already have one, dont we? :)
>
> Well, you could put .config in it too.
>
> Frankly, a filesystem that:
> - can be somehow linked with vmlinux and not separate like an initrd
>
> - editable post vmlinux-linking
>
> - gives files that can be accessed from request_firmware, acpi and
>   friends even rather early in the boot process (i.e. well before any
>   userland is allowed to exist)
>
> - accessible post-boot through mounting of a special fs and/or /proc or 
> something
>
> would be quite useful.
This exists.  It's called initramfs.  Read the kernel code :)

        Jeff