From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932116Ab2HHF6E (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2012 01:58:04 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:37565 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755455Ab2HHF6B (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2012 01:58:01 -0400 Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:58:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20120807.225800.1450928472652058111.davem@davemloft.net> To: albcamus@gmail.com Cc: chris@arachsys.com, mchan@broadcom.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnx2: update bnx2-mips-09 firmware to bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: <20120713130405.GS13885@arachsys.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.5 on Emacs 24.1 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Jike Song Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:50:42 +0800 > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Chris Webb 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.