Hi all, I'm trying to learn more about the kernel building process and how it relates to the loading of firmware files for network controllers. I have a tigon tg3 card, and occasionally see "failure to load firmware" messages. The card eventually works, but there is a very long delay while (I think) it tries to load the firmware. Where can I find more information about this process? What is the udev package for? Does it relate to this in some way? What are the relevant kernel options that must be configured to support this? I see CONFIG_FW_LOADER, CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL, CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE, and CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD. Should the kernel be able to load the proper firmware on its own, or are userspace programs other than insmod/modprobe needed? I'm using kernel 2.6.33.5-124.fc13.x86_64. The spec file shows there is a "bootwrapper" package, but it's not installed, and yum can't find it. Where can I find more information about this package? How can I generate the /etc/modules.d/ and /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/modules* files, based on the modules that are currently loaded on the system? Ideas greatly appreciated. Thanks, Alex -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
