From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753184Ab2DRLnj (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:43:39 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:10184 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752021Ab2DRLni (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:43:38 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:43:25 -0400 From: Josh Boyer To: Harald Hoyer Cc: Matt Carlson , Michael Chan , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ben Hutchings Subject: Re: tg3 'No PHY devices' loading issue Message-ID: <20120418114325.GL19507@zod.bos.redhat.com> References: <20120417141856.GA19507@zod.bos.redhat.com> <20120417185007.GA3742@mcarlson.broadcom.com> <20120417193908.GG19507@zod.bos.redhat.com> <20120417210549.GI19507@zod.bos.redhat.com> <4F8E77F7.3080300@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F8E77F7.3080300@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:14:47AM +0200, Harald Hoyer wrote: > Am 17.04.2012 23:05, schrieb Josh Boyer: > > So it seems my issue is basically because the initramfs isn't built with > > the broadcom module included. I'll have to figure out a way to teach > > dracut what to do here, since it doesn't seem to be automatically > > picking it up (Harald CC'd). > > > > Thanks much for the very quick response from everyone. > > > > josh > > Ok, so we have to include all kernel/drivers/net/phy/*.ko in the initramfs? I believe that is probably the safest and most expedient solution, yes. Ben said the Debian initramfs tool is doing just that. josh