netdev - Re: [PATCH next 1/7] bnx2: don't request firmware when there's no userspace.

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Message-Id: <20111003.140923.810769639543301700.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:09:23 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	romieu@...zoreil.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, mchan@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH next 1/7] bnx2: don't request firmware when there's no
 userspace.

From: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:36:52 +0200

> The firmware is cached during the first successful call to open() and
> released once the network device is unregistered. The driver uses the
> cached firmware between open() and unregister_netdev().
> 
> It's similar to 953a12cc2889d1be92e80a2d0bab5ffef4942300 but the
> firmware is mandatory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
> Reviewed-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>

Applied.
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