From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 22:04:44 +0100 From: Alan Cox Subject: Re: [bug?] tg3: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3_tso.bin" Message-ID: <20080704220444.011e7e61@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080704.134329.209642254.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1215178035.10393.763.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <486E2818.1060003@garzik.org> <20080704142753.27848ff8@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20080704.134329.209642254.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: David Miller Cc: jeff@garzik.org, dwmw2@infradead.org, andi@firstfloor.org, tytso@mit.edu, hugh@veritas.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com, mchan@broadcom.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > External firmware is by design an error prone system, even with > versioning. But by being built and linked into the driver, it > is fool proof. > > On a technical basis alone, we would never disconnect a crucial > component such as firmware, from the driver. The only thing > charging these transoformations, from day one, is legal concerns. As I said: We had this argument ten years ago (more than that now actually). People said the same thing about modules. Alan -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org