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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable WiFi-Ex as a module instead built-in
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On 29.09.2015 21:42, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> The Marvell WiFi-Ex driver tries to load a firmware on probe. So if the
> driver is built-in and probed before a firmware is available, this is
> not loaded and the chip does not work.
>
> This happens for example if an initramfs isn't used since the driver is
> probed before the root filesystem is mounted.
>
> Change the default config since the driver isn't needed for machines to
> boot and is more convenient to have it enabled as a module to avoid
> requiring an initramfs or to have the firmware built into the kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com>
>
> ---
>
> arch/arm/configs/exynos_defconfig | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

The user-space can always initiate re-probing of device - just re-bind
it. However I assume that driver cannot work without firmware?

Best regards,
Krzysztof

>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/exynos_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/exynos_defconfig
> index d4f6063d8a72..5aad617f02c7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/configs/exynos_defconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/configs/exynos_defconfig
> @@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ CONFIG_SMSC911X=y
> CONFIG_USB_USBNET=y
> CONFIG_USB_NET_SMSC75XX=y
> CONFIG_USB_NET_SMSC95XX=y
> -CONFIG_MWIFIEX=y
> -CONFIG_MWIFIEX_SDIO=y
> +CONFIG_MWIFIEX=m
> +CONFIG_MWIFIEX_SDIO=m
> CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y
> CONFIG_KEYBOARD_GPIO=y
> CONFIG_KEYBOARD_CROS_EC=y
>



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