Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751678AbVIZRHe (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:07:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751685AbVIZRHe (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:07:34 -0400 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.199]:57725 "EHLO zproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751673AbVIZRHd convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:07:33 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=VKKQNK/pFUC42/Twuo30KSIUhJr/1CpWIz++z49YSWGbtjBlnUbqTBRq406bs7aZg5n4gxEv6YAuTyI/fY7RTbjzpnooOFXonHfv6Vz52eZQwG2jMft/NjgVRNbeTWBj1s36kSpDUU7opi1hzDsF3YnyVgNvIH/KpDwUWUMrpl0= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:07:30 -0400 From: Bharath Ramesh Reply-To: Bharath Ramesh To: Keenan Pepper Subject: Re: ipw2200 only works as a module? Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <4338122C.9000901@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <4338122C.9000901@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1246 Lines: 29 When the kernel is booting it tries to locate the ipw-2.2 firmware which cannot be found as the filesystems are yet to be mounted. The firmware normally resides in the /lib directory. Its always advisable to use drivers which require firmware loading as modules so that when you try loading the module you have your file system already mounted. On 9/26/05, Keenan Pepper 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? > > BTW, a better error message than "Reason -2" would be nice. =) > > Keenan Pepper > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/