On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 11:23 -0700, David Miller wrote: > I don't like it because it means people have to setup full initrd's > in order to do network booting with such network cards. > > But the days of my opinion mattering on that issue are long gone, > the momentum is just too greatly behind using request_firmware() > across the board, so there is no reason for bnx2 to be any different. >
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(). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
