Re: Qlogic/FC firmware

Jes Sorensen
2001-08-21T15:31:21Z

>>>>> "David" == David S Miller <davem@redhat.com> writes:

David> From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Date: Tue, 21 Aug
David> 2001 15:45:26 +0100 (BST)

> Ok so you have a sparc specific firmware loading problem.

David> No, it is a non-x86 firmware loading problem. Do not label it
David> is as a "all the world a Sparc" problem, it isn't centric to
David> any particular platform.

It's centric to a limited userbase, other systems such as Alpha and
ia64 can load the firmware off the cards no problem.

Doesn't mean we have solved your problem, true. But initrd is still a
cleaner solution and gets around the licensing problem as well.

Jes