Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] bnx2: update bnx2-mips-09 firmware to bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b | From | Eric Dumazet <> | Date | Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:00:23 +0200 |
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On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 08:49 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote: > 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.
Only the firmware is in a separate git tree, called linux-firmware, that about all kernel developers are aware of.
The drivers themselves are in linux tree, and they are generally in quite good shape, because of that.
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