netdev - Re: [PATCH] bnx2: Use request

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Date:	Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:42:14 +0100
From:	Bastian Blank <waldi@...ian.org>
To:	Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
Cc:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnx2: Use request_firmware()

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 06:11:25PM -0700, Michael Chan wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 17:14 -0700, Rick Jones wrote:
> > Michael Chan wrote:
> > > May be I'll break up each firmware section into a
> > > different file and the file name will be updated with each version.
> > > This will allow different sections to be updated separately and older
> > > kernels will still have access to the older firmware.
> > Is that really necessary?  It is enough "fun" finding just the one firmware file 
> > as it is.
> If all the firmware sections are in the same file, much of the firmware
> file will be duplicated in a new file when we update just one section.

What is the advantage of this? I always saw updates to more than one
firmware at once in the past. The question is not: is it possible, but:
it is necessary.

Bastian

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