From: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
To: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
yi.zhu@intel.com, jketreno@linux.intel.com,
Netdev list <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
linville@tuxdriver.com,
kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] do not allow IPW_2100=Y or IPW_2200=Y
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:39:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200607112239.17405.mb@bu3sch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44B3912F.3010300@gentoo.org>
On Tuesday 11 July 2006 13:53, you wrote:
> 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?
Yes. We have a PROM that is readable without firmware.
(And we actually do this and did it forever. So I don't know
where your assumption comes from ;) )
> 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.
--
Greetings Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-11 20:37 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
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 [this message]
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] ` <6x8df-8wm-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
[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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