netdev - Re: [bug?] tg3: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3

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Date:	Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:43:54 -0300
From:	Alexandre Oliva <oliva@....ic.unicamp.br>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, jeff@...zik.org,
	hugh@...itas.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, mchan@...adcom.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [bug?] tg3: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3_tso.bin"

On Jul  3, 2008, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org> wrote:

> Now, can someone _please_ give me a straight response to the allegation
> that the TSO firmware on the tg3 is _optional_ anyway, and that it can
> work without it?

FTR, I got two reports from BLAG users, through Jeff Moe, that
tg3 worked fine with linux-libre, in spite of the complete absence of
tg3 firmware in there.

I don't have any specific details about the tg3 hardware in question.

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