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authorMatt Carlson <mcarlson@broadcom.com>2009-01-19 16:57:45 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-01-19 16:57:45 -0800
commit9e9fd12dc0679643c191fc9795a3021807e77de4 (patch)
tree926f64934af8f762b92bd5b103d37ebe151a2ada /net
parent1da100bb47ef32cb43bb6a365f64183898f830b5 (diff)
tg3: Fix firmware loading
This patch modifies how the tg3 driver handles device firmware. The patch starts by consolidating David Woodhouse's earlier patch under the same name. Specifically, the patch moves the request_firmware call into a separate tg3_request_firmware() function and calls that function from tg3_open() rather than tg3_init_one(). The patch then goes on to limit the number of devices that will make request_firmware calls. The original firmware patch unnecessarily requested TSO firmware for devices that did not need it. This patch reduces the set of devices making TSO firmware patches to approximately the following device set : 5703, 5704, and 5705. Finally, the patch reduces the effects of a request_firmware() failure. For those devices that are requesting TSO firmware, the driver will turn off the TSO capability. If TSO firmware becomes available at a later time, the device can be closed and then opened again to reacquire the TSO capability. Signed-off-by: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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