Re: bnx2 dirver's firmware images

[Bill Davidsen]

David Miller wrote:
> From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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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Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
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