netdev - RE: [RFC Patch] netxen: remove firmware exports

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Date:	Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:12:51 -0500
From:	Amit Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>
To:	Amerigo Wang <amwang@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay.phadke@...gic.com>,
	Narender Kumar <narender.kumar@...gic.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [RFC Patch] netxen: remove firmware exports

> 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.

-Amit

-----Original Message-----
From: Amerigo Wang [mailto:amwang@...hat.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 3:25 PM
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Dhananjay Phadke; Amit Salecha; Narender Kumar; netdev@...r.kernel.org; David S. Miller; Amerigo Wang
Subject: [RFC Patch] netxen: remove firmware exports

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.

Probably netxen_nic has other way to export these firmwares, but not like other
modules in a stardand way. I think we can just remove these exports, but
I am not sure.

Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@...hat.com>
Cc: Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay.phadke@...gic.com>
Cc: Narender Kumar <narender.kumar@...gic.com>

---
diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
index fd86e18..e8443af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("QLogic/NetXen (1/10) GbE Converged Ethernet Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(NETXEN_NIC_LINUX_VERSIONID);
-MODULE_FIRMWARE(NX_P2_MN_ROMIMAGE_NAME);
-MODULE_FIRMWARE(NX_P3_CT_ROMIMAGE_NAME);
-MODULE_FIRMWARE(NX_P3_MN_ROMIMAGE_NAME);
-MODULE_FIRMWARE(NX_UNIFIED_ROMIMAGE_NAME);

 char netxen_nic_driver_name[] = "netxen_nic";
 static char netxen_nic_driver_string[] = "QLogic/NetXen Network Driver v"

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