netdev - Re: [PATCH 6/7][BNX2]: Update firmware.

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Message-Id: <20080129.211603.50722237.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:16:03 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mchan@...adcom.com
Cc:	max@...o.at, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7][BNX2]: Update firmware.

From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:29:56 -0800

> Didn't we beat this topic to death last time?

Yes we did.

> Once again, the driver is tightly coupled with the firmware.  We don't
> want things to break when users upgrade or downgrade the kernel.  Coding
> the driver to deal with different firmware versions will add a lot of
> complexity.

I absolutely agree with Michael here.
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