On 2005.12.20 01:05:03 +0000, matthew green wrote:
| The following reply was made to PR kern/32342; it has been noted by GNATS.
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| From: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
| To: Iain Hibbert <plunky@rya-online.net>
| Cc: kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
| 	netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org, gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
| Subject: re: kern/32342: OpenBSD firmware loading framework=20
| Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:02:14 +1100
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|     1. It seems to me that it would be better to read such a firmware fil=
e one
|     time and free it after use than to waste a chunk of memory (even if p=
aged
|     out) for ever.
|     u
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|  some drivers need to reload the firmware "semi-often".  ie, when
|  my iwi(4) craps out, reloading the firmware fixes it usually.  so
|  getting rid of it isn't always isn't a good idea.

Yeah, but right now you do this manually with the iwi driver. Think
about a firmware loading API that could be called by iwi when it craps
out.

		-- Rui Paulo