Subject: Re: Where to put firmware?
To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
From: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/23/2002 11:14:51
Jason R Thorpe wrote:

>On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 04:30:49AM +0200, Lennart Augustsson wrote:
>
> > Well, I actually want the loader itself in the kernel, I just want the files
> > outside the kernel.  I could live with a loader outside the kernel, but then
> > we need a mechanism to execute programs as devices are hot plugged.
>
>Ah, I see.  So, maybe a sysctl'able path that defaults to
>/usr/libdata/microcode/ or something like that?
>  
>
Where in sysctl namespace should this path be?
hw.drivers.foo, maybe?

    -- Lennart