Re: [BUG] tg3 module problem on Linux-2.6.29-rc1-2

["Matt Carlson" <mcarlson@broadcom.com>]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 07:48:44AM -0800, Tarkan Erimer wrote:
> Tarkan Erimer wrote:
> > Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
> >> Is this ubuntu's specific problem or you also getting these
> >> warnings/errors on another releases.
> >>
> >>   
> > Yes,it's specific to Ubuntu's kernel build process (make-kpkg). I had 
> > no time to try with regular kernel build process. But; if it's 
> > necessary, I can try it out. BTW, my box is Kubuntu 8.10 with latest 
> > updates.
> >
> Now, I tried with 2.6.29-rc2-git2 and the result is same. No difference. 
> When I have time, I'll try via regular kernel compile process to see 
> what will be happen.

Like I outlined in my previous email, this is a scripting / tools problem.
Updating your kernel will not help.  Either the script or modinfo needs to
be modified to somehow recognize that while the driver does make
request_firmware() calls, the firmware resides in the kernel itself.

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> 
> Tarkan ERIMER
> 
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