Hi Himanshu, On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:00 AM, Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 5/16/15, 5:04 PM, "Xose Vazquez Perez" <xose.vazquez@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>On 05/17/2015 01:26 AM, Himanshu Madhani wrote: >> >>> Please note that we will send firmware binaries soon for these files. >> >>What does "soon" mean ? >> >>git blame shows: >>3a03eb797 (Andrew Vasquez 2009-01-05 11:18:11 -0800 5299) #define >>FW_FILE_ISP81XX "ql8100_fw.bin" >>a9083016a (Giridhar Malavali 2010-04-12 17:59:55 -0700 5300) #define >>FW_FILE_ISP82XX "ql8200_fw.bin" >>6246b8a1d (Giridhar Malavali 2012-02-09 11:15:34 -0800 5301) #define >>FW_FILE_ISP2031 "ql2600_fw.bin" >>6246b8a1d (Giridhar Malavali 2012-02-09 11:15:34 -0800 5302) #define >>FW_FILE_ISP8031 "ql8300_fw.bin" >>2c5bbbb25 (Joe Carnuccio 2014-04-11 16:54:13 -0400 5303) #define >>FW_FILE_ISP27XX "ql2700_fw.bin" > > Hi, > > Sorry for misleading response. The reason we would like to leave these > lines into mainline kernel is to facilitate us to debug > And triage issues which might involve firmware binaries. Declaring them with MODULE_FIRMWARE() means that some distro's scripts will check for these firmware files and warn if the files aren't available. Consequently Debian's kernel has what appears to be this exact patch applied. Do the devices these firmware files are for exist and is there any chance of the files being released? Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
