Re: [PATCH] bnx2: Use request_firmware()

[Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>]

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 02:47:59PM -0700, Michael Chan wrote:
> I'd also like to add the version information to the bnx2_fw_file_entry
> struct instead of embedding it in the file name.  It is more flexible
> this way as each section can have different versions and can be updated
> separately.  So it will look something like:
> 
> struct bnx2_fw_file_entry {
> 	__be32 start_addr;
> 	__be32 version;
> 	struct bnx2_fw_file_section text;
> 	struct bnx2_fw_file_section data;
> 	struct bnx2_fw_file_section sbss;
> 	struct bnx2_fw_file_section bss;
> 	struct bnx2_fw_file_section rodata;
> };

And how do you want to handle the compatibility? One firmware file have
to work with many kernels, which was always described as impossible.

Bastian

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