From: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
jeff@garzik.org, mchan@broadcom.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:18:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200709212018.06553.vda.linux@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <15775.1190399812@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
On Friday 21 September 2007 19:36, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:05:23 BST, Denys Vlasenko said:
>
> > I plan to use gzip compression on following drivers' firmware,
> > if patches will be accepted:
> >
> > text data bss dec hex filename
> > 17653 109968 240 127861 1f375 drivers/net/acenic.o
> > 6628 120448 4 127080 1f068 drivers/net/dgrs.o
> > ^^^^^^
>
> Should this be redone to use the existing firmware loading framework to
> load the firmware instead?
Not in every case.
For example, bnx2 maintainer says that driver and
firmware are closely tied for his driver. IOW: you upgrade kernel
and your NIC is not working anymore.
Another argument is to make kernel be able to bring up NICs
without needing firmware images in initramfs/initrd/hard drive.
--
vda
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-21 19:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-21 11:01 [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker Denys Vlasenko
2007-09-21 11:03 ` [PATCH 2/2] bnx2: move gzip unpacker to zlib Denys Vlasenko
2007-09-21 16:14 ` [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker David Miller
2007-09-21 17:03 ` Denys Vlasenko
2007-09-21 17:49 ` David Miller
2007-09-21 18:05 ` Denys Vlasenko
2007-09-21 18:36 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-09-21 19:18 ` Denys Vlasenko [this message]
2007-09-21 19:32 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-09-21 19:33 ` Krzysztof Oledzki
2007-09-21 22:43 ` Denys Vlasenko
2007-09-21 22:57 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-09-21 21:03 ` Alan Cox
2007-09-21 22:33 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-09-21 22:48 ` Alan Cox
2007-09-22 0:02 ` maximilian attems
2007-09-21 20:13 ` Andi Kleen
2007-09-21 20:31 ` Roland Dreier
2007-09-21 22:37 ` Denys Vlasenko
2007-09-24 17:32 ` Lennart Sorensen
2007-09-25 4:20 ` Kyle Moffett
2007-09-22 2:47 ` Michael Chan
2007-10-01 0:57 ` David Miller
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