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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:57:56 -0800 (PST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: mcarlson@...adcom.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, mchan@...adcom.com, andy@...yhouse.net Subject: Re: [net-2.6] tg3: Fix firmware loading From: "Matt Carlson" <mcarlson@...adcom.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:17:32 -0800 > This patch modifies how the tg3 driver handles device firmware. > > The patch starts by consolidating David Woodhouse's earlier patch under > the same name. Specifically, the patch moves the request_firmware call > into a separate tg3_request_firmware() function and calls that function > from tg3_open() rather than tg3_init_one(). > > The patch then goes on to limit the number of devices that will make > request_firmware calls. The original firmware patch unnecessarily > requested TSO firmware for devices that did not need it. This patch > reduces the set of devices making TSO firmware patches to approximately > the following device set : 5703, 5704, and 5705. > > Finally, the patch reduces the effects of a request_firmware() failure. > For those devices that are requesting TSO firmware, the driver will turn > off the TSO capability. If TSO firmware becomes available at a later > time, the device can be closed and then opened again to reacquire the > TSO capability. > > Signed-off-by: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@...adcom.com> > Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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