Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:39:29 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: 2.6.28-git8: tg3 doesn't work due to firmware not loading (-git7 is ok) | From | David Miller <> |
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From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:24:58 +0000
> Other drivers will load the firmware later, at the time the device is > brought up. This means that even if you build the driver into the kernel > without its firmware, it can still request the firmware later, when you > try to start _using_ it. And when the file system is available.
For example, for mounting an NFS root using that device.... Oh, will I need an initramfs for that once you pull the firmware-in-kernel option?
To me, device probe is in fact the place to fail firmware discovery for networking devices. Because such a failure can mean you can't mount your root filesystem.
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