On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 12:21:50PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: "Michael Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:05:51 -0700 > > > The bnx2 firmware changes quite frequently. A new driver quite often > > requires new firmware to work correctly. Splitting them up makes things > > difficult for the user. > > > > The firmware in tg3 is a lot more mature and I don't expect it to > > change. I think tg3 is better suited for using request_firmware(). > > Like I said, I think neither should change and the driver should > be fully functional when built statically into the kernel.
Michael, doesn't a functional-yet-suboptimal firmware exist ? I mean, just the same principle as we all have kernels, boot CDs, statically built tools, etc... which run everywhere. If you have such a beast, maybe it would be a good start to have it in the kernel, and provide the users with the ability to upgrade the firmware once the system is able to do more complex things. Just a thought... Regards, Willy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
