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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/6] firmware_loader: cleanups for v4.18
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Date:   Fri, 04 May 2018 21:17:08 +0200
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"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> writes:

>   * CONFIG_WANXL --> CONFIG_WANXL_BUILD_FIRMWARE
>   * CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX --> CONFIG_AIC79XX_BUILD_FIRMWARE
>
> To this day both of these drivers are building driver *firmwares* when
> the option CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD is disabled, and they don't
> even make use of the firmware API at all.

Don't know for sure about Adaptec, but wanXL firmware fits every
definition of "stable". BTW it's a 1997 or so early PCI card, built
around the PLX PCI9060 bus mastering PCI bridge and Motorola 68360
(the original QUICC) processor. Maximum bit rate of 2 Mb/s on each sync
serial port.

It's more about delivering the .S source for the firmware, I guess.
Nobody is expected to build it. The fw is about 2.5 KB and is directly
linked with the driver.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa