From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastian Blank Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnx2: Use request_firmware() Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:42:14 +0100 Message-ID: <20090324074213.GA4576@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> <20090323222915.GA29609@wavehammer.waldi.eu.org> <1237850656.18617.34.camel@HP1> <49C825EC.50100@hp.com> <1237857085.18617.47.camel@HP1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: Rick Jones , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" To: Michael Chan Return-path: Received: from wavehammer.waldi.eu.org ([82.139.201.20]:34439 "EHLO wavehammer.waldi.eu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753706AbZCXHmR (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:42:17 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1237857085.18617.47.camel@HP1> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 06:11:25PM -0700, Michael Chan wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 17:14 -0700, Rick Jones wrote: > > Michael Chan wrote: > > > May be I'll break up each firmware section into a > > > different file and the file name will be updated with each version. > > > This will allow different sections to be updated separately and older > > > kernels will still have access to the older firmware. > > Is that really necessary? It is enough "fun" finding just the one firmware file > > as it is. > If all the firmware sections are in the same file, much of the firmware > file will be duplicated in a new file when we update just one section. What is the advantage of this? I always saw updates to more than one firmware at once in the past. The question is not: is it possible, but: it is necessary. Bastian -- Our way is peace. -- Septimus, the Son Worshiper, "Bread and Circuses", stardate 4040.7.