From: Jike Song <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:50:42 +0800
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Chris Webb <[email protected]> wrote: >> Commit c2c20ef43d00 "bnx2: Update driver to use new mips firmware" >> updated the bnx2 driver to use bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b in place of >> bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1a, but didn't replace the copy of bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1a >> in firmware/bnx2/ with the new version. >> >> This means that the bnx2 driver stopped working altogether for users who >> use CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL to compile firmware together with drivers >> into their kernel, rather than having a runtime firmware loader. >> > > Still not fixed in mainline? I encountered the same problem with > v3.6-rc1-133-g42a579a. The current firmware for all drivers are not distributed in the kernel sources any longer, they are maintained in a completely seperate repository. The old ones are just kept around in the kernel sources for compatability. This is a FAQ. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
