Re: ALInex - ADSL Modems - Portugal

[Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com>]

On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 15:56 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Gwe, 2005-12-30 at 15:20 +0000, Richard Hughes wrote:
> > Ahh, I was talking more about firmware like wireless card firmware, that
> > all you have to do is bung it in /lib/firmware and the card magically
> > works. Maybe I've missed the point with ADSL modems -- sorry.
> 
> Ok so what you are proposing is that when you first see the device you
> produce the dialog and then let the user install the firmware, rather
> than relying on the HAL event to load the firmware into the hardware ?

No, not at all. The firmware loading is all sorted already, but what if
the firmware if not installed on your system? Shouldn't you be told why
your device isn't working and where you can get it?

Richard.