netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: Load firmware in open() instead of probe()

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Message-Id: <20100817.023424.193686306.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:34:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dmitry@...adcom.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, eilong@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: Load firmware in open() instead of
 probe()

From: "Dmitry Kravkov" <dmitry@...adcom.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:49:40 +0300

> Loading firmware when actually bringing eth device up.
> This also will allow driver to be insmoded when filesystem with
> firmware files is not available yet.
> 
> Suggested by Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>

Applied.
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