From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: Load firmware in open() instead of probe() Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:34:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20100817.023424.193686306.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1280908180.4712.3.camel@lb-tlvb-dmitry> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, eilong@broadcom.com To: dmitry@broadcom.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:34270 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932160Ab0HQJeH (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:34:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1280908180.4712.3.camel@lb-tlvb-dmitry> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: "Dmitry Kravkov" Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:49:40 +0300 > Loading firmware when actually bringing eth device up. > This also will allow driver to be insmoded when filesystem with > firmware files is not available yet. > > Suggested by Stephen Hemminger > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kravkov > Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein Applied.