bnx2x: Load firmware in open() instead of probe()

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Loading firmware when actually bringing eth device up.
This also will allow driver to be insmoded when filesystem with
firmware files is not available yet.

Suggested by Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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Dmitry Kravkov 2010-08-03 21:49:40 +00:00 • committed by David S. Miller

parent eca6fc7836

commit 6891dd25d3

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drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c

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drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.h

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drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c

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