netdev - Re: [PATCH] linux-firmware: Add a new bnx2x FW 7.0.20.0

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:10:16 +0300
From:	"Vlad Zolotarov" <vladz@...adcom.com>
To:	"David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@...radead.org>
cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Eilon Greenstein" <eilong@...adcom.com>,
	"Dmitry Kravkov" <dmitry@...adcom.com>,
	"Yaniv Rosner" <yaniv.rosner@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux-firmware: Add a new bnx2x FW 7.0.20.0

On Tuesday 14 June 2011 13:04:18 David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 12:57 +0300, Vlad Zolotarov wrote:
> > 
> > What do u mean? I do have put the ihex files under the net-next kernel
> > tree at the regular location plus I updated the the kernel's
> > firmware/WHENCE and firmware/Makefile files and of course I ran a
> > functionality tests for the driver after all patches and with the new
> > firmware.
> 
> Ah, there lies your problem.
> 
> Never put new firmware into the kernel source tree. It doesn't belong
> there.
> 
> In the linux-firmware tree we store the *binary* files, which go
> directly into /lib/firmware as-is.

Aha... Correct me if I got u wrong: to test it I need to manually copy the new .fw files into the /lib/firmware directory, install the clean net-next kernel with the driver that supports this new FW and it should work. Is it what u meant?

thanks,
vlad

> 
> 

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