Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Jul 2008 07:39:22 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] bnx2 - use request_firmware() |
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> The firmware needs to be reloaded every time the chip resets. > You're not saving anything/
> See above, you aren't saving anything. The firmware needs to stay > around so it can be reloaded into the card during exceptions. > > That is, unless you want a more failure prone system.
Ok so if tg3 always needs the same firmware and always needs it in memory then maybe it isn't a significant candidate for request_firmware beyond the neatness of distribution. I note the firmware hasn't changed in years so it can easily be shipped separately and the one package would have done for all this time.
> > Driver authors aren't God. > > They (actually, more specifically the maintainers) to a certain extent > are, because they are the ones who eat doo-doo when something explodes.
So do the distributions and the users.
Alan
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