Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:58:00 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] bnx2: update bnx2-mips-09 firmware to bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Jike Song <albcamus@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:50:42 +0800
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Chris Webb <chris@arachsys.com> wrote: >> Commit c2c20ef43d00 "bnx2: Update driver to use new mips firmware" >> updated the bnx2 driver to use bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b in place of >> bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1a, but didn't replace the copy of bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1a >> in firmware/bnx2/ with the new version. >> >> This means that the bnx2 driver stopped working altogether for users who >> use CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL to compile firmware together with drivers >> into their kernel, rather than having a runtime firmware loader. >> > > Still not fixed in mainline? I encountered the same problem with > v3.6-rc1-133-g42a579a.
The current firmware for all drivers are not distributed in the kernel sources any longer, they are maintained in a completely seperate repository.
The old ones are just kept around in the kernel sources for compatability.
This is a FAQ.
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