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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: 2.6.28-git8: tg3 doesn't work due to firmware not loading
 (-git7 is ok)
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:08:42 -0800 (PST)
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:10:58 -0500

> On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:04:22 PST, David Miller said:
> > From: "Alessandro Suardi" <alessandro.suardi@gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 18:30:40 +0100
> > 
> > > Clearly the requirement changed in -git8, AFAICS.
> > 
> > Because -git8 is where the firmware requirement got added.
> > 
> > If you build the TG3 driver statically into your kernel,
> > the only way to get the firmware properly loaded is to
> > enable that CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL option.
> 
> Maybe this is one of those cases where we actually do want a SELECT?
> 
> 	select FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL if TIGON3=y
> 
> or similar?

I have no idea how this is intended to work, David will
know.