Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-30 Thread David Miller
From: "Michael Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:47:17 -0700 > On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 10:49 -0700, David Miller wrote: > > From: Denys Vlasenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:03:55 +0100 > > > > > Do patches look ok to you? > > > > I'm travelling so I haven't

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-24 Thread Kyle Moffett
On Sep 24, 2007, at 13:32:23, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 11:37:52PM +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote: But I compile net/* into bzImage. I like netbooting :) Isn't it possible to netboot with an initramfs image? I am pretty sure I have seen some systems do exactly that. Yea

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-24 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 11:37:52PM +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > But I compile net/* into bzImage. I like netbooting :) Isn't it possible to netboot with an initramfs image? I am pretty sure I have seen some systems do exactly that. -- Len Sorensen - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread Michael Chan
On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 10:49 -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Denys Vlasenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:03:55 +0100 > > > Do patches look ok to you? > > I'm travelling so I haven't looked closely yet :-) > > Michael can take a look and I'll try to do so as well > tonight. >

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread maximilian attems
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 11:48:05PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > According to an earlier thread, dgrs was never really maintained, > > written for hardware that was never really distributed widely, and very > > likely hasn't had users in years... if ever. > > > > If that picture is accurate (it's a

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread Jeff Garzik
Denys Vlasenko wrote: On Friday 21 September 2007 20:33, Krzysztof Oledzki wrote: On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Denys Vlasenko wrote: On Friday 21 September 2007 19:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:05:23 BST, Denys Vlasenko said: I plan to use gzip compression on following drivers

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Friday 21 September 2007 20:33, Krzysztof Oledzki wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > > > On Friday 21 September 2007 19:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:05:23 BST, Denys Vlasenko said: > >> > >>> I plan to use gzip compression on following drivers'

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread Alan Cox
> According to an earlier thread, dgrs was never really maintained, > written for hardware that was never really distributed widely, and very > likely hasn't had users in years... if ever. > > If that picture is accurate (it's a story I was told), then I am > definitely queueing up a deletion p

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Friday 21 September 2007 21:13, Andi Kleen wrote: > Denys Vlasenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I plan to use gzip compression on following drivers' firmware, > > if patches will be accepted: > > > >textdata bss dec hex filename > > 17653 109968 240 127861

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread Jeff Garzik
Alan Cox wrote: For example, bnx2 maintainer says that driver and firmware are closely tied for his driver. IOW: you upgrade kernel and your NIC is not working anymore. Another argument is to make kernel be able to bring up NICs without needing firmware images in initramfs/initrd/hard drive. d

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread Alan Cox
> For example, bnx2 maintainer says that driver and > firmware are closely tied for his driver. IOW: you upgrade kernel > and your NIC is not working anymore. > > Another argument is to make kernel be able to bring up NICs > without needing firmware images in initramfs/initrd/hard drive. dgrs sho

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread Roland Dreier
> Just change the makefiles to always install gzip'ed modules > modutils knows how to unzip them on the fly. But that leaves the uncompressed firmware blobs in .data that ends up in unswappable kernel memory. - R. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread Andi Kleen
Denys Vlasenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I plan to use gzip compression on following drivers' firmware, > if patches will be accepted: > >textdata bss dec hex filename > 17653 109968 240 127861 1f375 drivers/net/acenic.o >6628 120448 4 127080 1f06

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread Krzysztof Oledzki
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Denys Vlasenko wrote: On Friday 21 September 2007 19:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:05:23 BST, Denys Vlasenko said: I plan to use gzip compression on following drivers' firmware, if patches will be accepted: textdata bss dec hex

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:18:06 BST, Denys Vlasenko said: > On Friday 21 September 2007 19:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Should this be redone to use the existing firmware loading framework to > > load the firmware instead? > > Not in every case. > > For example, bnx2 maintainer says that driver

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Friday 21 September 2007 19:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:05:23 BST, Denys Vlasenko said: > > > I plan to use gzip compression on following drivers' firmware, > > if patches will be accepted: > > > >textdata bss dec hex filename > > 17653 109968

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:05:23 BST, Denys Vlasenko said: > I plan to use gzip compression on following drivers' firmware, > if patches will be accepted: > >textdata bss dec hex filename > 17653 109968 240 127861 1f375 drivers/net/acenic.o >6628 120448 4 127

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Friday 21 September 2007 18:49, David Miller wrote: > From: Denys Vlasenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:03:55 +0100 > > > Do patches look ok to you? > > I'm travelling so I haven't looked closely yet :-) > > Michael can take a look and I'll try to do so as well > tonight.

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread David Miller
From: Denys Vlasenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:03:55 +0100 > Do patches look ok to you? I'm travelling so I haven't looked closely yet :-) Michael can take a look and I'll try to do so as well tonight. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Friday 21 September 2007 17:14, David Miller wrote: > From: Denys Vlasenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:01:24 +0100 > > > Hi Jeff, > > BNX2 and TG3 patches goes through Michael Chan and myself, > and I usually merge them in instead of Jeff. Didn't know that, sorry. Do patc

Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker

2007-09-21 Thread David Miller
From: Denys Vlasenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:01:24 +0100 > Hi Jeff, BNX2 and TG3 patches goes through Michael Chan and myself, and I usually merge them in instead of Jeff. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL