Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759223AbYGDNqv (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:46:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758748AbYGDNq1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:46:27 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:41215 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757179AbYGDNq0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:46:26 -0400 Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 14:27:53 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Jeff Garzik Cc: David Woodhouse , Andi Kleen , David Miller , tytso@mit.edu, hugh@veritas.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com, mchan@broadcom.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [bug?] tg3: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3_tso.bin" Message-ID: <20080704142753.27848ff8@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <486E2818.1060003@garzik.org> References: <1215093175.10393.567.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <20080703173040.GB30506@mit.edu> <1215111362.10393.651.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <20080703.162120.206258339.davem@davemloft.net> <486D6DDB.4010205@infradead.org> <87ej6armez.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <1215177044.10393.743.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <486E2260.5050503@garzik.org> <1215178035.10393.763.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <486E2818.1060003@garzik.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.10; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 631 Lines: 14 > Why is it so difficult to see the value of KEEPING STUFF WORKING AS IT > WORKS TODAY? Sure Jeff. Lets delete libata, that caused all sorts of problems when it was being added. We could freeze on linux 1.2.13-lmp, that was a good release - why break it ? There are good sound reasons for having a firmware tree, the fact tg3 is a bit of dinosaur in this area doesn't make it wrong. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/