Re: [PATCH] firmware: convert tg3 driver to request_firmware()

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On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 15:32 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:26:51 +0100
> 
> > On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 16:53 -0400, David S. Miller wrote:
> > > And NACK on this patch.
> > 
> > For what reason?
> 
> Something that worked previously with no effort on the
> user's part now will not work automatically as it should.
> 
> This is a step backwards, and I will not provide support
> for any change that rips the firmware out of tg3 or does
> not enable the in-tree firmware built statically into the
> driver by default.

The patch does not remove the ability to build the firmware statically
into the kernel image. You can still do that just fine.

It merely adds the _option_ to load it from userspace, as is recommended
practice for current drivers.

-- 
dwmw2


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