Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:33:39 +0200 (CEST) | From | Krzysztof Oledzki <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker |
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> On Friday 21 September 2007 19:36, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: >> On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:05:23 BST, Denys Vlasenko said: >> >>> I plan to use gzip compression on following drivers' firmware, >>> if patches will be accepted: >>> >>> text data bss dec hex filename >>> 17653 109968 240 127861 1f375 drivers/net/acenic.o >>> 6628 120448 4 127080 1f068 drivers/net/dgrs.o >>> ^^^^^^ >> >> Should this be redone to use the existing firmware loading framework to >> load the firmware instead? > > Not in every case. > > 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. Firmware may come with a kernel. We have a "install modules", we can also add "install firmware".
> Another argument is to make kernel be able to bring up NICs > without needing firmware images in initramfs/initrd/hard drive.
It is not possible to bring up things like FC or WiFi without firmware, what special is in classic NICs?
Best regards,
Krzysztof Olędzki
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