Re: [patch net-next] cxgb3: update firmware version

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On Mon, 2012-02-13 at 12:28 -0800, Divy Le Ray wrote:
> This patch updates the firmware version cxgb3 is requesting to 7.12.0.

I'm confused. Your patch doesn't change anything in the driver, except
the firmware version. So why is it a "major" change?

If it's a *compatible* change then we wouldn't normally change the
soname of a library; why do we change the filename of the firmware
(which is the equivalent operation)?

-- 
dwmw2

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