Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756908AbZDXTCl (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:02:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753384AbZDXTCa (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:02:30 -0400 Received: from Cpsmtpm-eml110.kpnxchange.com ([195.121.3.14]:55273 "EHLO CPSMTPM-EML110.kpnxchange.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754881AbZDXTC3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:02:29 -0400 From: Frans Pop To: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.30-rc3: bnx2 failing to load firmware Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:02:26 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 Cc: Mel Gorman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mchan@broadcom.com, davem@davemloft.net References: <200904242031.52793.elendil@planet.nl> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200904242102.28011.elendil@planet.nl> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Apr 2009 19:02:28.0427 (UTC) FILETIME=[3660E1B0:01C9C50F] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 757 Lines: 19 On Friday 24 April 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Fri, 24 Apr 2009, Frans Pop wrote: > > Looks like you're using an initramfs initrd and the bnx2 module is > > getting loaded at that stage. Have you checked that the bnx firmware > > file is included in your initramfs? > > According to his config he has: > > CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y > > which should make all initrd issues pointless - the firmware should be > included in the kernel directly. IIUC only if the driver is compiled in, not if it's modular. -- 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/