Re: [PATCH] bnx2: update bnx2-mips-09 firmware tobnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b

[David Miller]

From: Jike Song <albcamus@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:50:42 +0800

> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Chris Webb <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Commit c2c20ef43d00 "bnx2: Update driver to use new mips firmware"
>> updated the bnx2 driver to use bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b in place of
>> bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1a, but didn't replace the copy of bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1a
>> in firmware/bnx2/ with the new version.
>>
>> This means that the bnx2 driver stopped working altogether for users who
>> use CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL to compile firmware together with drivers
>> into their kernel, rather than having a runtime firmware loader.
>>
> 
> Still not fixed in mainline? I encountered the same problem with
> v3.6-rc1-133-g42a579a.

The current firmware for all drivers are not distributed in the kernel
sources any longer, they are maintained in a completely seperate
repository.

The old ones are just kept around in the kernel sources for
compatability.

This is a FAQ.
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