On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 15:32 -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: David Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:26:51 +0100 > > > On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 16:53 -0400, David S. Miller wrote: > > > And NACK on this patch. > > > > For what reason? > > Something that worked previously with no effort on the > user's part now will not work automatically as it should. > > This is a step backwards, and I will not provide support > for any change that rips the firmware out of tg3 or does > not enable the in-tree firmware built statically into the > driver by default.
The patch does not remove the ability to build the firmware statically into the kernel image. You can still do that just fine. It merely adds the _option_ to load it from userspace, as is recommended practice for current drivers. -- dwmw2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
