Re: [PATCH] qla1280: use request_firmware

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Jaswinder Singh wrote:
this is a first draft; please be kind :)

Firmware blob is little endian looks like this...
	unsigned char  Version1
	unsigned char  Version2
	unsigned char  Version3
	unsigned char  Padding
	unsigned short start_address
	unsigned short data

Hello,

As the maintainer of this driver I am going to say that I think this is
a stupid change. Yes I know that politically there's a move to make
everything use request firmware. However for my boot device, this is
going to be a royal pain in the butt for developers who wish to boot
test kernels with a / sitting on a 1280.

IMHO this patch brings us nothing, but provides a lot of unnecessary
hassle for users.

Nacked-By: Jes Sorensen <jes@xxxxxxx>

Regards,
Jes

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