From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Greear Subject: Re: e100 firmware in 2.6.29-rc7? Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:20:43 -0700 Message-ID: <49BEB49B.8090602@candelatech.com> References: <49BABF1F.9080909@candelatech.com> <49BEA4E6.1000206@candelatech.com> <1237231540.3106.9.camel@achroite> <49BEB115.4050303@candelatech.com> <1237234322.16956.88.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Ben Hutchings , NetDev , dwmw2@infradead.org, "Brandeburg, Jesse" , e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To: Dan Williams Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1237234322.16956.88.camel@localhost.localdomain> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: e1000-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Dan Williams wrote: >> Well, that's an annoyance. Would it be that hard to allow modular drivers >> to compile-in their FW as well? It would be a nice option for >> those of us trying to build portable pre-compiled kernels for various >> distributions and distribution versions. > > Most of those distros will have firmware loading capability though, > right? Every non-embedded distro (Fedora, RHEL, SUSE, Ubuntu, > Slackware, Mandriva, Xandros, etc) has it, so if you're building kernels > for those, there's not really a problem with dropping firmware into the > firmware directory for that distro, right? No, but figuring out the problem from a customer's bug report ("nothing works") and then finding the firmware and having the customer install it will be much worse than just having everything work like it used to. I just see zero benefits to having external firmware for the vast majority of end-users, and lots of downside for at least myself. Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com