netdev - Re: bnx2 dirver's firmware images

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Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:40:14 -0400
From:	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	mchan@...adcom.com, vda.linux@...glemail.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bnx2 dirver's firmware images

David Miller wrote:
> From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:05:51 -0700
> 
>> The bnx2 firmware changes quite frequently.  A new driver quite often
>> requires new firmware to work correctly.  Splitting them up makes things
>> difficult for the user.
>>
>> The firmware in tg3 is a lot more mature and I don't expect it to
>> change.  I think tg3 is better suited for using request_firmware().
> 
> Like I said, I think neither should change and the driver should
> be fully functional when built statically into the kernel.
> 
Is that a suggestion that the driver work differently when built as a 
module or built in? I've seen that behavior many time over the years, 
but it usually not deliberate. ;-)

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
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