linux-kernel - Re: [RFC Patch] netxen: remove firmware exports

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <4C6E423E.5080804@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:52:14 +0800
From:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
To:	Amit Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	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

On 08/19/10 17:12, Amit Salecha wrote:
>> 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.
>

Okay. David, do you want me to submit an updated patch?

Thanks!

-- 
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
  - Elie Wiesel
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/