Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:04:22 -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: "Alessandro Suardi" <alessandro.suardi@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 18:30:40 +0100
> Clearly the requirement changed in -git8, AFAICS.
Because -git8 is where the firmware requirement got added.
If you build the TG3 driver statically into your kernel, the only way to get the firmware properly loaded is to enable that CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL option.
Your filesystem isn't mounted when the driver initializes in that case, therefore there is no way to get at the firwware that might be present there.
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