bug of installing 'realtek' and 'intel_iwn' as files rather then as
a 'LICENSE' file in their directories.
Also add obsolete entries for the older names and names that existed in head
for a period of time.
Suggested by: jmg
X-MFC-With: r289391
MFC after: 3 weeks
Sponsored by: EMC / Isilon Storage Division
leads to compile errors when trying to compile firmware(9) stubs created with
gawk, as multiple #include statements end up on the same line. Replace the
multi-line printc statement that outputs all of the #includes with one printc
per #include. This allows modules compatible with firmware(9) to be cross-built
from a Linux machine without requiring the one true awk to be installed.
I've intentionally done the minimal set of changes necessary to make gawk
produce valid (but not pretty) C code, to reduce the churn and keep fw_stubs.awk
as readable as possible.
Approved by: emaste (mentor)
MFC after: 2 weeks
uuencoded format along with their respective LICENSE files.
- Add new share/doc/legal directory to BSD.usr.dist mtree file. This is the
place we install LICENSE files for restricted firmwares.
- Teach firmware(9) and kmod.mk about licensed firmwares. Restricted firmwares
won't load properly unless legal.<name>.license_ack is set to 1, either
via kenv(1) or /boot/loader.conf.
Reviewed by: mlaier, sam
Permitted by: Intel (via Andrew Wilson)
MFC after: 1 month
a version that i posted earlier on the -current mailing list,
and subsequent feedback received.
The core of the change is just in sys/firmware.h and kern/subr_firmware.c,
while other files are just adaptation of the clients to the ABI change
(const-ification of some parameters and hiding of internal info,
so this is fully compatible at the binary level).
In detail:
- reduce the amount of information exported to clients in struct firmware,
and constify the pointer;
- internally, document and simplify the implementation of the various
functions, and make sure error conditions are dealt with properly.
The diffs are large, but the code is really straightforward now (i hope).
Note also that there is a subtle issue with the implementation of
firmware_register(): currently, as in the previous version, we just
store a reference to the 'imagename' argument, but we should rather
copy it because there is no guarantee that this is a static string.
I realised this while testing this code, but i prefer to fix it in
a later commit -- there is no regression with respect to the past.
Note, too, that the version in RELENG_6 has various bugs including
missing locks around the module release calls, mishandling of modules
loaded by /boot/loader, and so on, so an MFC is absolutely necessary
there. I was just postponing it until this cleanup to avoid doing
things twice.
MFC after: 1 week
prevents the unfortunate situation whereby one might kldload a firmware
module by hand and later kldunload it while a driver still has an open
reference to it.
MFC after: 1 week
Glanced at by: iedowse
specially crafted module. There are several handrolled sollutions to this
problem in the tree already which will be replaced with this. They include
iwi(4), ipw(4), ispfw(4) and digi(4).
No objection from: arch
MFC after: 2 weeks
X-MFC after: some drivers have been converted
