On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 11:23 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> I don't like it because it means people have to setup full initrd's
> in order to do network booting with such network cards.
>
> But the days of my opinion mattering on that issue are long gone,
> the momentum is just too greatly behind using request_firmware()
> across the board, so there is no reason for bnx2 to be any different.
>
The bnx2 firmware changes quite frequently. A new driver quite often
requires new firmware to work correctly. Splitting them up makes things
difficult for the user.
The firmware in tg3 is a lot more mature and I don't expect it to
change. I think tg3 is better suited for using request_firmware().
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