From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422765AbWGJSqh (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:46:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422763AbWGJSqh (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:46:37 -0400 Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:51920 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422762AbWGJSqg (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:46:36 -0400 Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:47:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20060710.114717.44959528.davem@davemloft.net> To: auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, pavel@ucw.cz, yi.zhu@intel.com, jketreno@linux.intel.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] do not allow IPW_2100=Y or IPW_2200=Y From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <44B29C8A.8090405@intel.com> References: <20060710152032.GA8540@elf.ucw.cz> <44B2940A.2080102@pobox.com> <44B29C8A.8090405@intel.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Auke Kok Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:29:30 -0700 > Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Pavel Machek wrote: > >> Kconfig currently allows compiling IPW_2100 and IPW_2200 into kernel > >> (not as a module). Unfortunately, such configuration does not work, > >> because these drivers need a firmware, and it can't be loaded by > >> userspace loader when userspace is not running. > > > > False, initramfs... > > which would warrant some extra documentation in Kconfig explaining that this > driver needs initramfs with firmware for it to work when compiled in the > kernel. A link to the ipw2x00 documentation might also help. Besides, the initramfs runs long after the driver init routine runs which is when the firmware needs to be available.