Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:40:14 -0400 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: bnx2 dirver's firmware images |
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David Miller wrote: > From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@broadcom.com> > 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. > Is that a suggestion that the driver work differently when built as a module or built in? I've seen that behavior many time over the years, but it usually not deliberate. ;-)
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