From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755148AbcGVSXi (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:23:38 -0400 Received: from onethreetwo.vfemail.net ([199.16.11.132]:36255 "EHLO vfemail.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755126AbcGVSXh (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:23:37 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 401 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:23:37 EDT Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 13:52:27 -0400 From: David Niklas To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: tigon tg3 firmware missing Message-ID: <20160722135227.7fd76be0@ulgy_thing> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.29; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, My network driver does not crash like some have reported. I did an internet search for this and found that it is due to the firmware in kernel not being set. Isn't there a way for loading of the tg3 firmware without it needing to be builtin to the kernel? Please CC. Thanks, David ------------------------------------------------- ONLY AT VFEmail! - Use our Metadata Mitigator to keep your email out of the NSA's hands! $24.95 ONETIME Lifetime accounts with Privacy Features! 15GB disk! No bandwidth quotas! Commercial and Bulk Mail Options!