From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@broadcom.com>
To: "David Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: vda.linux@googlemail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"netdev" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: bnx2 dirver's firmware images
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:05:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1190145951.9540.230.camel@dell> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070918.112337.74737433.davem@davemloft.net>
On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 11:23 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> I don't like it because it means people have to setup full initrd's
> in order to do network booting with such network cards.
>
> But the days of my opinion mattering on that issue are long gone,
> the momentum is just too greatly behind using request_firmware()
> across the board, so there is no reason for bnx2 to be any different.
>
The bnx2 firmware changes quite frequently. A new driver quite often
requires new firmware to work correctly. Splitting them up makes things
difficult for the user.
The firmware in tg3 is a lot more mature and I don't expect it to
change. I think tg3 is better suited for using request_firmware().
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-18 19:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-18 17:23 bnx2 dirver's firmware images Denys Vlasenko
2007-09-18 18:45 ` Michael Chan
2007-09-18 17:55 ` Denys Vlasenko
2007-09-18 19:09 ` Michael Chan
2007-09-18 18:23 ` David Miller
2007-09-18 18:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-09-18 19:20 ` David Miller
2007-09-18 19:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-09-18 20:08 ` David Miller
2007-09-18 20:35 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-09-18 20:40 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-09-19 17:10 ` maximilian attems
2007-09-19 17:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-09-19 17:18 ` maximilian attems
2007-09-19 17:37 ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-09-18 20:05 ` Michael Chan [this message]
2007-09-18 19:21 ` David Miller
2007-09-18 21:30 ` Willy Tarreau
2007-09-18 21:31 ` David Miller
2007-09-18 21:37 ` Willy Tarreau
2007-09-18 23:14 ` Michael Chan
2007-09-19 13:40 ` Bill Davidsen
2007-09-19 16:09 ` David Miller
2007-09-19 8:30 ` Denys Vlasenko
2007-09-19 21:00 ` Michael Chan
2007-09-19 20:29 ` Denys Vlasenko
2007-09-19 21:43 ` Michael Chan
2007-09-20 14:49 ` Denys Vlasenko
2007-09-21 2:12 ` Michael Chan
2007-09-19 16:33 ` maximilian attems
2007-09-19 16:38 ` David Miller
2007-09-19 16:51 ` maximilian attems
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