Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:38:28 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [bug?] tg3: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3_tso.bin" |
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David Woodhouse wrote: >> dwmw2 has been told repeatedly that his changes will cause PRECISELY >> these problems, but he refuses to take the simple steps necessary to >> ensure people can continue to boot their kernels after his changes go in. > > Complete nonsense. Setting CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL isn't hard. But > shouldn't be the _default_, either. > >> Presently his tg3 changes have been nak'd, in part, because of this >> obviously, forseeable, work-around-able breakage. > > They haven't even been reviewed. Nobody seems to have actually looked at
Yes, they have. You just didn't like the answers you received.
In particular, the Kconfig default for built-in tg3 firmware should result in the current behavior, without the user having to take extra steps.
Because of your stubborn refusal on this Kconfig defaults issue, WE ALREADY HAVE DRIVER-DOES-NOT-WORK BREAKAGE, JUST AS PREDICTED.
Wake up and smell reality. Please.
Jeff
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