Re: [bug?] tg3: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3_tso.bin"

[Alan Cox]

> 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
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