On Monday, 7 of January 2008, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Sunday 06 January 2008 23:01:00 John W. Linville wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 10:38:43PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > > On Sunday 06 January 2008 22:35:51 Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > > > Quoting Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > > 
> > > > > see "fwpostfix" module parameter
> > > > 
> > > > Can we please avoid this annoyance this time?
> > > 
> > > Go and complain at Broadcom please.
> > 
> > Broadcom doesn't really have this problem, since they are free to
> > include the binary firmware in their Windows/Mac/whatever drivers.
> > 
> > If the driver needs different firmware, why not have it ask for
> > different filenames?  As I suggested elsewhere, this could be as
> > simple as setting a default value for fwpostfix...
> 
> I'm not sure why people are complaining about stuff that's not
> done, yet. I just said that we need an update to an incompatible
> firmware soon. HOW that happens is an entirely different question.
> It seems like we _might_ be able to support both fw versions for some
> limited time. If that is not possible for whatever reason, I will
> change the fw filenames, of course. (And people will complain about
> that, too. Because the rule for broadcom firmware is: Always complain
> about whatever you do. ;) )
> The _just_ wanted to tell people about a serious change _before_ it
> happens. I'm not sure why this results in all kinds of complaints.

Most probably, because the people don't want that to happen. ;-)

Greetings,
Rafael
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