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[Juuso Alasuutari <iuso AT sourcemage.org>]

On Wednesday 21 March 2007 08:22, Matthew Clark wrote:
> I'm going to apologize in advance for this questions which is very
> likely a stupid one, but I cannot find the answer I need:
>
> I have kernel 2.6.20.3 and udev, which means I do not have hotplug.  I
> have some firmware files than I need to place in "the hotplug firmware
> directory", but I haven't a clue where that would be...
>
> To be more specific, I'm setting up ivtv drivers for a supported card.
> I've done this before, but it was a while back, and I think I had
> hotplug back then.
>
> Hotplug/udev/kernel or ivtv gurus, I need your help.

I believe "hotplug firmware" refers not to hotplug the program, but any 
program that will load firmware upon receiving certain kernel events. Udev 
does this and our udev spell has firmware loading rules. I have ipw2200 and 
ipw3945 wireless devices in my two laptops, and putting the firmwares 
in /lib/firmware has always worked. It's a rather standard location, although 
all distros aren't in complete agreement over it. I hope it works for you. :)

PS: Linux Journal's Editor in Chief Nicholas Petreley spent a good part of 
one 
of his /var/opinion columns [0] venting about not finding the right firmware 
dir. Just to let you know that this stuff can get the best of even the 
seasoned veteran. :)

[0] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9271

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