Hi Julian, On 5/18/15, 6:50 PM, "Julian Calaby" <julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >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? Yes. These devices are available and we read firmware from FLASH on these adapters. At times when debugging/triaging involves firmware, we use binaries that would be useful for quick triaging. > >Thanks, > >-- >Julian Calaby > >Email: julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx >Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ Thanks, Himanshu >
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