Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:57:42 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker |
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Denys Vlasenko wrote: > On Friday 21 September 2007 20:33, Krzysztof Oledzki wrote: >> 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". > > Install where? I boot my machine over NFS, and it has no hard drive.
Special cases already fail when using distro-linked targets like "make install."
Jeff
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