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Subject: Re: 2.6.28-git8: tg3 doesn't work due to firmware not loading
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From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:59:59 +0000

> So if you build with CONFIG_TIGON3=y, CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=n, you
> should see it fail to load the firmware at boot, but then it should load
> it successfully when you bring the device up.

And you won't be able to mount an NFS root filesystem.