From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [PATCH][BNX2X] round three Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:06:03 -0700 Message-ID: <20071015150603.62f5a37b@freepuppy.rosehill> References: <1192462049.29746.158.camel@eliezer> <20071015.123850.26516814.davem@davemloft.net> <20071015145829.1acabefb@freepuppy.rosehill> <20071015.150022.30183587.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: eliezert@broadcom.com, andi@firstfloor.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, jeff@garzik.org, mchan@broadcom.com To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:33253 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751925AbXJOWGX (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:06:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20071015.150022.30183587.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:00:22 -0700 (PDT) David Miller wrote: > From: Stephen Hemminger > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:58:29 -0700 > > > What about using loadable firmware rather than building it into the driver? > > Stephen, do me a huge favor, and don't start down that path. > > Please... I know the history, loadable firmware is a maintenance nuisance/nightmare. And it often leads to stupid license crap. --- Stephen Hemminger