On Monday 24 October 2005 01:19, Alejandro Bonilla Beeche wrote:
> >>>>With CONFIG_IPW2200=y I get:
> >>>>
> >>>>ipw2200: ipw-2.2-boot.fw load failed: Reason -2
> >>>>ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: 0xFFFFFFFE
> >>>>
> >>>>but with CONFIG_IPW2200=m it works fine. If it doesn't work when built
> >>>>into the kernel, why even give people the option?
because we want allyesconfig to compile.
> I have seen this before with users using FC or RH. They end up
> increasing the timeout of the hotplug event and then it all works. But
> then again, it only occurs for what I have seen with FC users. Dunno Why.
Firmware-loaded-by-hotplug is a necessary compromise in non-GPL world.
Ideally, firmware can be GPLed too and be included in the module
(u32 firmware_image[NNN]).
With closed firmwares, you should use modules (or wait until kernel will
have usable hotplug before root fs is mounted).
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vda
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