Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:03:33 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker |
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> For example, bnx2 maintainer says that driver and > firmware are closely tied for his driver. IOW: you upgrade kernel > and your NIC is not working anymore. > > Another argument is to make kernel be able to bring up NICs > without needing firmware images in initramfs/initrd/hard drive.
dgrs should be using the request_firmware interface. Actually dgrs is probably a good candidate for /dev/null
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