From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264422AbUDSPtj (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:49:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264490AbUDSPtj (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:49:39 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:41863 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264422AbUDSPth (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:49:37 -0400 Message-ID: <4083F501.2070008@pobox.com> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:49:21 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030703 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wichert Akkerman CC: "David S. Miller" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] tg3 driver - make use of binary-only firmware optional References: <20040418135534.GA6142@andaco.de> <20040418180811.0b2e2567.davem@redhat.com> <20040419080439.GB11586@andaco.de> <20040419085809.GA585@wiggy.net> In-Reply-To: <20040419085809.GA585@wiggy.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Andreas Jochens wrote: > >>Would the patch be acceptable if the firmware parts were kept in tg3.c >>as they are now but #ifdef'd out when CONFIG_TIGON3_FIRMWARE is not set? > > > Is there any reason for not using the hotplug firmware infrastructure? Right now there is not a high enough "Just Works" value to do this. The mechanisms for wide dissemination of necessary firmware, and automatic placement in initrd/initramfs, are not present yet. This is a long term goal of all drivers that ship firmware, though. Jeff