netdev - Re: About bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw (Broadcom ethernet) firmware

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Date:	Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:25:09 +0900
From:	Dongsoo Nathaniel Kim <dongsoo.kim@...il.com>
To:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: About bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw (Broadcom ethernet) firmware

Thanks Harvey,

So, now user has to include his or her own firmware manually?

I may need a post-it not to forget, cause sometimes I build kernel
from scratch ;-( (then I will have to download firmware again in that
case)



On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Harvey Harrison
<harvey.harrison@...il.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Dongsoo Nathaniel Kim
> <dongsoo.kim@...il.com> wrote:
>> Hello folks,
>>
>> I'm wondering if it is ok to send a patch which includes
>> bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw.ihex.
>>
>
> firmware is no longer distributed with kernel source, there is a
> separate firmware repo:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
>
> Where you'll find the above file is already incuded in the bnx2/ folder
>
> Cheers,
>
> Harvey



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Linux kernel, media device S/W engineer / Ph.D Student
Dept. of Computer Science, KAIST
Real-time & Embedded Systems Lab.
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