From: k.kozlowski@samsung.com (Krzysztof Kozlowski)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable WiFi-Ex as a module instead built-in
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:36:52 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <560B2EA4.8050406@samsung.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1443530546-3066-1-git-send-email-javier@osg.samsung.com>
On 29.09.2015 21:42, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> The Marvell WiFi-Ex driver tries to load a firmware on probe. So if the
> driver is built-in and probed before a firmware is available, this is
> not loaded and the chip does not work.
>
> This happens for example if an initramfs isn't used since the driver is
> probed before the root filesystem is mounted.
>
> Change the default config since the driver isn't needed for machines to
> boot and is more convenient to have it enabled as a module to avoid
> requiring an initramfs or to have the firmware built into the kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com>
>
> ---
>
> arch/arm/configs/exynos_defconfig | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
The user-space can always initiate re-probing of device - just re-bind
it. However I assume that driver cannot work without firmware?
Best regards,
Krzysztof
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/exynos_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/exynos_defconfig
> index d4f6063d8a72..5aad617f02c7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/configs/exynos_defconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/configs/exynos_defconfig
> @@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ CONFIG_SMSC911X=y
> CONFIG_USB_USBNET=y
> CONFIG_USB_NET_SMSC75XX=y
> CONFIG_USB_NET_SMSC95XX=y
> -CONFIG_MWIFIEX=y
> -CONFIG_MWIFIEX_SDIO=y
> +CONFIG_MWIFIEX=m
> +CONFIG_MWIFIEX_SDIO=m
> CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y
> CONFIG_KEYBOARD_GPIO=y
> CONFIG_KEYBOARD_CROS_EC=y
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-09-30 0:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-29 12:42 [PATCH] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable WiFi-Ex as a module instead built-in Javier Martinez Canillas
2015-09-29 13:20 ` Andreas Färber
2015-09-29 13:57 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2015-09-30 0:36 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski [this message]
2015-09-30 7:22 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2015-09-30 7:37 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2015-09-30 7:54 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
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