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DateMon, 26 Sep 2005 23:11:43 -0600
FromAlejandro Bonilla <>
SubjectRe: ipw2200 only works as a module?
Luca wrote:

>Keenan Pepper <keenanpepper@gmail.com> ha scritto:
> 
>
>>With CONFIG_IPW2200=y I get:
>>
>>ipw2200: ipw-2.2-boot.fw load failed: Reason -2
>>ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: 0xFFFFFFFE
>>
>>but with CONFIG_IPW2200=m it works fine. If it doesn't work when built into the 
>>kernel, why even give people the option?
>>
>>BTW, a better error message than "Reason -2" would be nice. =)
>> 
>>
>
>-2 is -ENOENT (no such file or directory). ipw2000 requests its firmware
>using a hotplug event, but when the driver is compiled into the kernel
>it gets loaded _before_ the root fs is mounted and of course the hotplug
>system and the firmware are not available.
>
>I suggest to stick with modular driver, otherwise you must create an
>initrd with hotplug + firmware.
> 
>

I think I have seen this but in FC3 or FC4. We have had issues with them 
loading things too soon and then making the driver to fail loading.

Try it with * built in and then once booted to load it. If it works, 
then is a distro thing.  It works for me here in Debian  with Y or as a 
module.

.Alejandro

>More on firmware loading here: http://lwn.net/Articles/32997/
>
>Luca
> 
>

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