From: "Michael Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. :-) - 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
