From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com
Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, pavel@ucw.cz, yi.zhu@intel.com,
jketreno@linux.intel.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] do not allow IPW_2100=Y or IPW_2200=Y
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:47:17 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060710.114717.44959528.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44B29C8A.8090405@intel.com>
From: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:29:30 -0700
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > Pavel Machek wrote:
> >> Kconfig currently allows compiling IPW_2100 and IPW_2200 into kernel
> >> (not as a module). Unfortunately, such configuration does not work,
> >> because these drivers need a firmware, and it can't be loaded by
> >> userspace loader when userspace is not running.
> >
> > False, initramfs...
>
> which would warrant some extra documentation in Kconfig explaining that this
> driver needs initramfs with firmware for it to work when compiled in the
> kernel. A link to the ipw2x00 documentation might also help.
Besides, the initramfs runs long after the driver init routine
runs which is when the firmware needs to be available.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-10 18:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-10 15:20 [patch] do not allow IPW_2100=Y or IPW_2200=Y Pavel Machek
2006-07-10 17:53 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-07-10 18:29 ` Auke Kok
2006-07-10 18:47 ` David Miller [this message]
2006-07-10 18:51 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-10 20:56 ` Joel Becker
2006-07-11 14:42 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-11 21:53 ` Joel Becker
2006-07-11 11:27 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-11 14:42 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-10 21:05 ` Michael Buesch
2006-07-11 11:53 ` Daniel Drake
2006-07-11 20:39 ` Michael Buesch
2006-07-11 20:59 ` Daniel Drake
2006-07-11 13:32 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-12 4:39 ` Zhu Yi
2006-07-27 14:43 ` John W. Linville
2006-07-11 13:34 ` [patch] cleanup // comments from ipw2200 Pavel Machek
2006-07-10 22:21 ` [patch] do not allow IPW_2100=Y or IPW_2200=Y Jan Engelhardt
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[not found] ` <6xbaZ-4NX-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <6xyhj-5Fq-19@gated-at.bofh.it>
2006-07-12 20:56 ` Bodo Eggert
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