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Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:52:16 -0700
From: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>
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Subject: Re: [bug?] tg3: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3_tso.bin"
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David Miller wrote:
> From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 14:27:53 +0100
> 
> 
>>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.
> 
> 
> And bnx2, and bnx2x, and e100's ucode (hope David caught that one!).
> 
> It isn't just tg3.

Ah bnx2 - it may be "fixed" now, but trying to install Debian Lenny on a 
system with "core" bnx2 driven interfaces has been "fun" for a while now 
thanks to the firmware being exiled.

rick jones
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