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Message-ID: <20070921220333.3b31afb5@the-village.bc.nu>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:03:33 +0100
From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
jeff@...zik.org, mchan@...adcom.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker
> For example, bnx2 maintainer says that driver and
> firmware are closely tied for his driver. IOW: you upgrade kernel
> and your NIC is not working anymore.
>
> Another argument is to make kernel be able to bring up NICs
> without needing firmware images in initramfs/initrd/hard drive.
dgrs should be using the request_firmware interface. Actually dgrs is
probably a good candidate for /dev/null
Alan
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