Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756605AbZA0SgK (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:36:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755171AbZA0Sfx (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:35:53 -0500 Received: from mms2.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.18]:2271 "EHLO mms2.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754237AbZA0Sfx (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:35:53 -0500 X-Server-Uuid: D3C04415-6FA8-4F2C-93C1-920E106A2031 Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:35:33 -0800 From: "Matt Carlson" To: "Tarkan Erimer" cc: "Jaswinder Singh Rajput" , "Alexey Dobriyan" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "David Woodhouse" , "David Miller" , netdev Subject: Re: [BUG] tg3 module problem on Linux-2.6.29-rc1-2 Message-ID: <20090127183533.GA10466@xw6200.broadcom.net> References: <49771D65.3090205@turknet.net.tr> <20090121152818.GA3438@x200.localdomain> <497870A3.4070200@turknet.net.tr> <3f9a31f40901262230s3efb9242jcd4a02ee84944daa@mail.gmail.com> <497EBBB1.5020609@turknet.net.tr> <497F2CDC.6050106@turknet.net.tr> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <497F2CDC.6050106@turknet.net.tr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-WSS-ID: 65618C733FC42433269-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1564 Lines: 39 On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 07:48:44AM -0800, Tarkan Erimer wrote: > Tarkan Erimer wrote: > > Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote: > >> Is this ubuntu's specific problem or you also getting these > >> warnings/errors on another releases. > >> > >> > > Yes,it's specific to Ubuntu's kernel build process (make-kpkg). I had > > no time to try with regular kernel build process. But; if it's > > necessary, I can try it out. BTW, my box is Kubuntu 8.10 with latest > > updates. > > > Now, I tried with 2.6.29-rc2-git2 and the result is same. No difference. > When I have time, I'll try via regular kernel compile process to see > what will be happen. Like I outlined in my previous email, this is a scripting / tools problem. Updating your kernel will not help. Either the script or modinfo needs to be modified to somehow recognize that while the driver does make request_firmware() calls, the firmware resides in the kernel itself. > PS: If you write a reply to "netdev@vger.kernel.org", it will not reach > to me. Because, I'm not subscribed to this mailing-list. So, please CC > it to me. > > Tarkan ERIMER > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- 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/