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RPS and RFS

Posted Nov 24, 2010 5:13 UTC (Wed) by pabs (subscriber, #43278)
In reply to: RPS and RFS by pabs
Parent article: The 2.6.35 kernel is out

Another reason to replace proprietary NIC firmware with open source versions:

http://esec-lab.sogeti.com/dotclear/index.php?post/2010/1...

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RPS and RFS

Posted Nov 24, 2010 5:28 UTC (Wed) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

or, to play devil's advocate, another reason to not allow the OS to have access to the firmware and make it completely closed.

RPS and RFS

Posted Nov 24, 2010 6:32 UTC (Wed) by foom (subscriber, #14868) [Link]

or, to play angel's advocate: another reason devices should have their firmware uploaded into volatile storage by the kernel during boot, rather than storing it in eeprom/flash.