lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2008]   [Jul]   [4]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [bug?] tg3: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3_tso.bin"
Takashi Iwai wrote:
> Ah I see. I thought you implemented the built-in firmware even for
> modules, but apparently it's not.

Correct.


> Is mkinitrd clever enough to put all needed firmware files to initrd
> automatically? Otherwise this can still break the existing setup...

mkinitrd and similar scripts must be updated, so that drivers that
worked prior to dwmw2's changes will continue to work after dwmw2's changes.

If you fail to update some script somewhere, then the driver will be
copied into the initramfs, but not the firmware, with obvious results.

This is not a fail-safe system.

This is an enforced-breakage, flag-day change that will cause a lot of
additional work for a lot of people.

Jeff





\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2008-07-04 15:45    [W:1.079 / U:0.252 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site