Merge branch 'r8169-make-firmware-handling-code-ready-to-be-factored-out'

Heiner Kallweit says:

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r8169: make firmware handling code ready to be factored out

This series contains the final steps to make firmware handling code
ready to be factored out into a separate source code file.
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>