On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 00:46 +0100, maximilian attems wrote: > happily omitted diffstat: > drivers/net/bnx2_fw.h | 1499 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------- > drivers/net/bnx2_fw2.h | 464 ++++++------ > 2 files changed, 982 insertions(+), 981 deletions(-) > > > when can bnx2 grow up to proper request_firmware() usage? >
Didn't we beat this topic to death last time? Once again, the driver is tightly coupled with the firmware. We don't want things to break when users upgrade or downgrade the kernel. Coding the driver to deal with different firmware versions will add a lot of complexity. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
