From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264571AbUH3WXU (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:23:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264639AbUH3WXU (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:23:20 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:40655 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264571AbUH3WXR (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:23:17 -0400 Message-ID: <4133A8C8.2070205@pobox.com> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:23:04 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nathanael Nerode CC: davem@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: TG3(Tigoon) & Kernel 2.4.27 References: <20040830221638.GA3596@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <20040830221638.GA3596@fastmail.fm> 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 Nathanael Nerode wrote: > David S. Miller wrote: > >>The tg3 firmware is just a bunch of MIPS instructions. > > Well, good to know that. It's the first I'd heard of it. > Much simpler for Broadcom to just release the source code. :-P The previous generation of devices, driven by the acenic driver, actually had a firmware kit that was available to lucky parties. Included full firmware source, that you could tweak to your heart's delight. Jeff