netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/24] bnx2x: New FW and support for 578xx

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Message-ID: <201106141922.40906.vladz@broadcom.com>
Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:22:40 +0300
From:	"Vlad Zolotarov" <vladz@...adcom.com>
To:	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
cc:	"Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>,
	"Bhanu (Venkata Bhanu Prakash) Gollapudi" <bprakash@...adcom.com>,
	"Eilon Greenstein" <eilong@...adcom.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Dmitry Kravkov" <dmitry@...adcom.com>,
	"Yaniv Rosner" <yaniv.rosner@...adcom.com>,
	"dwmw2@...radead.org" <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/24] bnx2x: New FW and support for 578xx

On Tuesday 14 June 2011 18:54:02 David Miller wrote:
> From: "Vlad Zolotarov" <vladz@...adcom.com>
> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:32:31 +0300
> 
> > We also send the new FW files to David Woodhouse. It's the first time we
> > submit to the linux-firmware git so I hope we don't mess the things up:
> > we DO NOT patch firmware/WHENCE and firmware/Makefile files in our
> > net-next patches and we patch the WHENCE file in the linux-firmware
> > patch. Dave, pls., confirm if it's a correct procedure.
> > 
> > If it is, pls., note that the bnx2x driver will compile but won't work
> > until u integrate the new FW into the kernel tree.
> 
> David Woodhouse, what do you think we should do here?
> 
> I'm inclined to integrate the firmware into net-next-2.6 since this
> is the only way to keep the driver working consistently.
> 
> Otherwise people won't be able to git bisect properly, and that sucks.

Dave, as long as /lib/firmware contains all existing firmwares there should be 
no problems, isn't it?

thanks,
vlad

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