Messages in this thread | | | From | Denis Vlasenko <> | Subject | Re: ipw2200 only works as a module? | Date | Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:17:35 +0300 |
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On Monday 24 October 2005 01:19, Alejandro Bonilla Beeche wrote: > >>>>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?
because we want allyesconfig to compile.
> I have seen this before with users using FC or RH. They end up > increasing the timeout of the hotplug event and then it all works. But > then again, it only occurs for what I have seen with FC users. Dunno Why.
Firmware-loaded-by-hotplug is a necessary compromise in non-GPL world. Ideally, firmware can be GPLed too and be included in the module (u32 firmware_image[NNN]).
With closed firmwares, you should use modules (or wait until kernel will have usable hotplug before root fs is mounted). -- vda - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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