netdev - Re: [PATCH 6/7][BNX2]: Update firmware.

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Date:	Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:29:56 -0800
From:	"Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
To:	"maximilian attems" <max@...o.at>
cc:	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7][BNX2]: Update firmware.

On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 00:46 +0100, maximilian attems wrote:

> happily omitted diffstat:
>  drivers/net/bnx2_fw.h  | 1499 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>  drivers/net/bnx2_fw2.h |  464 ++++++------
>  2 files changed, 982 insertions(+), 981 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> when can bnx2 grow up to proper request_firmware() usage?
> 

Didn't we beat this topic to death last time?

Once again, the driver is tightly coupled with the firmware.  We don't
want things to break when users upgrade or downgrade the kernel.  Coding
the driver to deal with different firmware versions will add a lot of
complexity.

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