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From: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
To: Amit Salecha <amit.salecha@qlogic.com>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay.phadke@qlogic.com>,
	Narender Kumar <narender.kumar@qlogic.com>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC Patch] netxen: remove firmware exports
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:52:14 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C6E423E.5080804@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <99737F4847ED0A48AECC9F4A1974A4B80F86E69208@MNEXMB2.qlogic.org>

On 08/19/10 17:12, Amit Salecha wrote:
>> netxen_nic driver can store firmwares on flash, and get them porperly and
>> dynamically, so the firmwares may not appear in /lib/firmware/. However, netxen_nic
>> still exports these firmwares via modinfo, this makes our script which parses
>> modinfo output fail.
>
> NX_UNIFIED_ROMIMAGE_NAME(phanfw.bin) is already submitted and we won't submit any other fw files.
>
>> -MODULE_FIRMWARE(NX_P2_MN_ROMIMAGE_NAME);
>> -MODULE_FIRMWARE(NX_P3_CT_ROMIMAGE_NAME);
>> -MODULE_FIRMWARE(NX_P3_MN_ROMIMAGE_NAME);
>
> It's not compulsory to submit firmware files which are exported (MODULE_FIRMWARE).
> I am leaving this upto David to decide about this patch.
>

Okay. David, do you want me to submit an updated patch?

Thanks!

-- 
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
  - Elie Wiesel

  reply	other threads:[~2010-08-20  8:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-18  9:54 [RFC Patch] netxen: remove firmware exports Amerigo Wang
2010-08-18 11:04 ` Amit Salecha
2010-08-18 13:19   ` Cong Wang
2010-08-18 13:19     ` Amit Salecha
2010-08-18 13:40       ` Cong Wang
2010-08-19  9:12 ` Amit Salecha
2010-08-20  8:52   ` Cong Wang [this message]
2010-08-20  8:53     ` Amit Salecha
2010-08-20  9:04   ` Cong Wang

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