Re: [PATCH] MODULE_FIRMWARE for binary firmware(s)

Sven Luther
2006-08-30T18:15:19Z

On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 10:52:02AM -0700, David Lang wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Olaf Hering wrote:
>
> >>you are assuming that
> >>
> >>1. modules are enabled and ipw2200 is compiled as a module
> >
> >No, why?
>
> becouse if the ipw isn't compiled as a module then it's initialized
> (without firmware) before the initramfs or initrd is run. if it could be
> initialized later without being a module then it could be initialized as
> part of the normal system

Euh, ...

I wonder why you need to initialize the ipw2200 module so early ? It was my
understanding that the initramfs thingy was run very early in the process, and
i had even thought of moving fbdev modules into it.

Do you really need to bring up ipw2200 so early ? It is some kind of wireless
device, right ?

As for initramfs, you can just cat it behind the kernel, and it should work
just fine, or at least this is how it was supposed to work.

Friendly,

Sven Luther