Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:03:33 +0100
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
       jeff@garzik.org, mchan@broadcom.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bnx2: factor out gzip unpacker
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> 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 should be using the request_firmware interface. Actually dgrs is
probably a good candidate for /dev/null

Alan
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