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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 17:05:52 +0000 From: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk> To: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.L-H@....de> Cc: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>, Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/r8169: Remove the firmware of RTL8111D On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 05:36:55PM +0100, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote: > Hi > > On Wednesday 01 December 2010, Francois Romieu wrote: > > Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com> : > > > Remove the firmware of RTL8111D from the kernel. > > > The binary file of firmware would be moved to linux-firmware repository. > > > > The driver can not simply go along when request_firmware fails. Though Ben's > > code did not take care of it, the driver should imho propagate some return > > code. Ben ? > [...] > > At least for RTL8111D-1 (rtl8168d_1_hw_phy_config(), phy_reg_init_2[]) > a missing firmware update doesn't seem to be fatal > http://bugs.debian.org/561309#45 [...] Yes. Though it does clearly affect operation with some combinations of cable and link partner. There was a recent bug report on this, though I can't find it now. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. - Albert Camus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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