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From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
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> <<On Mon, 24 Apr 2000 09:07:08 -0700 (PDT), Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> said:
> 
> > This is probably an okay idea, except how would you include such files?
> > I'm not sure I follow your naming scheme in /usr/firmware- what's wrong with
> > /usr/src/sys/dev/firmware/{isp, esh, ...}?
> 
> The fact that said directory is under CVS control, which is what I'm
> suggesting we get away from.

Umm, then I sure don't get what you're wanting to do.

> 
> The files can be compiled into the kernel very easily using `file2c',
> or simply loaded directly by the boot loader.
> 

I put in maybe 40-80 hours testing per f/w upgrade. There has to be some
assurance that what you load is correct. CVS does give some assurance of
strong versioning.

-matt




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