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From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@broadcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnx2: Use request_firmware()
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:28:51 -0700
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On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 15:32 -0700, Bastian Blank wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Only if the firmwares are compatible enough. Can I pull the firmwares
> from a
> 2.6.21 kernel and ask a .29 to use them? One argument was always that
> the firmware is coupled with the code.

No, this won't work.  Please see new proposal to breakup firmware into
multiple files.