From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759063Ab2BNSVZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:21:25 -0500 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:55092 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752976Ab2BNSVY (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:21:24 -0500 Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:21:10 +0000 From: Ben Hutchings To: Rick Jones Cc: Divy Le Ray , David Woodhouse , davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Steve Wise , nhorman@tuxdriver.com Message-ID: <20120214182110.GO12704@decadent.org.uk> References: <20120213202846.631.30806.stgit@speedy5.asicdesigners.com> <1329165817.2092.62.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <4F398303.1030606@chelsio.com> <1329184754.3048.33.camel@deadeye> <4F39E7C9.20901@chelsio.com> <1329196116.3048.66.camel@deadeye> <4F39F75D.6030107@chelsio.com> <4F3AA537.4050700@hp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F3AA537.4050700@hp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk Subject: Re: [patch net-next] cxgb3: update firmware version X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:51:10 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:17:27AM -0800, Rick Jones wrote: > What does an end-user/customer see and do? When they are told that > version the firmware, specified down to the fix level, fixes a > problem they are having, how will they know that firmware blob > filename drvfw-X.bin on a download/archive site has that fix? [...] Customers currently can't get bug fixes by updating the firmware. Think about it. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. - Albert Camus