From: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: 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: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:29:30 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44B29C8A.8090405@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44B2940A.2080102@pobox.com>
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.
Cheers,
Auke
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-10 18:34 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 [this message]
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
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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