From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750859AbWGKLrn (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:47:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750998AbWGKLrn (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:47:43 -0400 Received: from mta08-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.48]:120 "EHLO mtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750859AbWGKLrm (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:47:42 -0400 Message-ID: <44B3912F.3010300@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:53:19 +0100 From: Daniel Drake User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060603) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Buesch CC: Jeff Garzik , Pavel Machek , yi.zhu@intel.com, jketreno@linux.intel.com, Netdev list , linville@tuxdriver.com, kernel list Subject: Re: [patch] do not allow IPW_2100=Y or IPW_2200=Y References: <20060710152032.GA8540@elf.ucw.cz> <44B2940A.2080102@pobox.com> <200607102305.06572.mb@bu3sch.de> In-Reply-To: <200607102305.06572.mb@bu3sch.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Michael Buesch wrote: > Does the ipw driver _really_ need the firmware on insmod time? > bcm43xx, for example, loads the firmware on "ifconfig up" time. > If ipw really needs the firmware on insmod, is it possible to > defer it to later at "ifconfig up" time? Is bcm43xx able to get the MAC address before the firmware is loaded? Last time I checked, if the MAC address is only discovered after the interface is created (as would be the case with ipw loading firmware on ifconfig up, I think), interface renaming does not work. Daniel