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SubjectRe: bnx2 dirver's firmware images
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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