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From: Divy Le Ray <divy@chelsio.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] cxgb3: Add Aeluros 2020 phy support
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:05:08 -0700
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To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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David Miller wrote:
> From: Divy Le Ray <divy@chelsio.com>
> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:27:41 -0700
>
>   
>> In a boot over the network environment, request_firmware() will not be
>> granted
>> access to the file system.
>>     
>
> This is not true, first of all.  It can be built into the kernel image
> via CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL.
>   

I missed this one.

> Second of all, there is initrd.
>
> There are NO EXCUSES for not using request_firmware() at this point.
>   

Fair enough. I'll fix the driver to use request_firmware().

Cheers,
Divy