Firmware Loading every boot?

[Arun KS]

Hi Jeshwanth,


On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 6:59 PM, Jeshwanth <jeshkumar555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello List,
>
> I came to know that, linux loads firmware for my dma everytime it boots.
> But I don't understand, why it is required to load everytime it boots,
> don't dma holds which is loaded previously.
>
Might be because it is loaded in to some volatile memory like DDR, which
does not persist during reboots.

Thanks,
Arun


> AFAIK, firmware is a program which runs in devices.
>
> Please correct me if I am wrong.


> Thanks :)
>
> Regards,
> Jeshwanth
>
> Sent from my HTC
>
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