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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] bnx2: update bnx2-mips-09 firmware to bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b
    Hi Eric,

    On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 08:27:52AM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
    > On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 08:17 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
    >
    > >
    > > Well, if the drivers provided with the kernel don't work out of the box
    > > anymore, maybe we should also move them to a separate repository. All it
    > > is going to do otherwise is to cause invalid bug reports because users
    > > don't understand why using the latest driver does not work.
    > >
    > > That way it would be clear that an in-kernel driver has to be self-sustaining
    > > to be maintainable, otherwise it has nothing to do there.
    >
    > People compiling their own kernels are supposed to be able to handle
    > this problem themselves.
    >
    > If not, they can use a distro.

    But similarly, people who compile their own kernels are also supposed to
    be able to retrieve up-to-date drivers from another tree. I know many
    people who use the intel NIC drivers from sf.net and (less) other ones
    using myricom's drivers for instance.

    I don't really see the value of keeping in the tree drivers that don't
    work out of the box, if it's only causing issues and bug reports.

    Regards,
    Willy



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