Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932248Ab2HHG2A (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2012 02:28:00 -0400 Received: from mail-wg0-f44.google.com ([74.125.82.44]:34660 "EHLO mail-wg0-f44.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757082Ab2HHG15 (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2012 02:27:57 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnx2: update bnx2-mips-09 firmware to bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b From: Eric Dumazet To: Willy Tarreau Cc: David Miller , albcamus@gmail.com, chris@arachsys.com, mchan@broadcom.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20120808061758.GA15255@1wt.eu> References: <20120713130405.GS13885@arachsys.com> <20120807.225800.1450928472652058111.davem@davemloft.net> <20120808061758.GA15255@1wt.eu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:27:52 +0200 Message-ID: <1344407272.28967.214.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 862 Lines: 23 On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 08:17 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote: > > Well, if the drivers provided with the kernel don't work out of the box > anymore, maybe we should also move them to a separate repository. All it > is going to do otherwise is to cause invalid bug reports because users > don't understand why using the latest driver does not work. > > That way it would be clear that an in-kernel driver has to be self-sustaining > to be maintainable, otherwise it has nothing to do there. People compiling their own kernels are supposed to be able to handle this problem themselves. If not, they can use a distro. -- 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/