From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastian Blank Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnx2: Use request_firmware() Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:32:38 +0100 Message-ID: <20090323223238.GB29609@wavehammer.waldi.eu.org> References: <1237501747.4126.10.camel@deadeye.i.decadent.org.uk> <1237503884.16140.23.camel@HP1> <20090319232541.GA19262@wavehammer.waldi.eu.org> <20090320.155030.164080684.davem@davemloft.net> <1237844879.18617.20.camel@HP1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Cc: David Miller , "ben@decadent.org.uk" , "davem@davemloft.org" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" To: Michael Chan Return-path: Received: from wavehammer.waldi.eu.org ([82.139.201.20]:49036 "EHLO wavehammer.waldi.eu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754059AbZCWWcl convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:32:41 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1237844879.18617.20.camel@HP1> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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. Bastian -- Worlds are conquered, galaxies destroyed -- but a woman is always a woman. -- Kirk, "The Conscience of the King", stardate 2818.9