Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Aug 2004 06:45:52 +0200 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: TG3(Tigoon) & Kernel 2.4.27 |
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Hi David,
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:34:07AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> Oh on the contrary, I've never seen a call to request_firmware() > in any copy of the tg3 driver and that's strange being that I'm > the maintainer. :-) > > People, if you're going to use patched up kernels, report your > problems to the people you got the kernel from. Thanks.
I think that he's using a debian kernel and thinks he's using a vanilla kernel while it's not. I've just installed one on an ultra5 and discovered a directory with about 60 patches, one of which was dedicated to the removal of this "undesired closed-source tg3 firmware" ! I was happy not having lost time debugging this on a machine with a tg3 NIC.
I find it a bit odd when distro makers don't clearly put their name in their kernels, because it confuses people who honnestly think it's a vanilla one. Indeed, I'm yet not really sure what they put in the kernel that booted my sparc, but it's not a problem now since I've replaced it ;-)
Cheers, Willy
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