Return-path: Received: from crystal.sipsolutions.net ([195.210.38.204]:42290 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752931AbYBMMtC (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:49:02 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipw2100/ipw2200: note firmware loading caveat in Kconfig help text From: Johannes Berg To: Daniel Drake Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ipw2100-admin@linux.intel.com, Reinette Chatre In-Reply-To: <20080212134942.9FD589D4135@zog.reactivated.net> (sfid-20080212_141033_444486_ED50E00D) References: <20080212134942.9FD589D4135@zog.reactivated.net> (sfid-20080212_141033_444486_ED50E00D) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-40gDdzgdwM4ED6TnnndC" Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:48:50 +0100 Message-Id: <1202906930.8931.44.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20080213_124908_381772_B7F30A68) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-40gDdzgdwM4ED6TnnndC Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 13:49 +0000, Daniel Drake wrote: > Most wireless drivers load their firmware at interface open time, which > generally occurs after the filesystem is available. However, the ipw driv= ers > load their firmware at probe time because firmware is required to read th= e > device MAC address. When built-in, probe happens before the filesystem is > available, hence device init will only complete successfully if the user > has made special arrangements (including firmware plus a loader in the > initramfs). I wonder if the MAC address can be read directly like the 3945/4965 hw can? johannes --=-40gDdzgdwM4ED6TnnndC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIVAwUAR7LnMaVg1VMiehFYAQLGTw//UYVXDq0TBzgC9k5pYShiJ4Pu5w4YYAch U4qs/UvWY3Spv699hYf3ckEmil2ow34s4q1xY+kFa4iTP8TEhbXx4Kjyhp3wnPzH u8uwJd4+a1oPIZHFSJjch4MygTIfkmzENnC/S8lq02aFIWwzLv+dtkFSacjRxOLk Hi5o/do9qu5fz9ypa4WnVfVv9JD7m3mzC3k+3KXOn+3XN9PqsiywBPCmWyEiRlHh OZTvFGPhatogFz5yNLhMfCiNqlf+19kEl4+isodQ9FVQov72zenjH+JRAO2AjKoe +enNA+/zm60ZFV4SaE3497hFtGTiaW2l5hlOvHn3lLu/QkGiCJTiPrQ7o2x2kNkj stcBw+yLSvmdb142cZdZ4fwNehF/gI2b0qKOZB05DN1DWhpRoCd+ACv8qvueWUyS uTex8GBsLNgd0TYQkH4ftxfGl/aGKYnaPLrwTFiVfhQJEAU1TwdpD89TY98T4EI7 cusdaj1BR9Lzk//Ba54fqelfbdYu7ztmUb/Ba95R5GZ54q39SaZGQK5GSnen0N25 x0lSMyUPbCArVJyEO+X0lGd0cWZ2CayiBOPiEkXuCvHY4HjbmCy+Xz8G5bjB8NZ2 hBsb1HQq4BhKpRR+sNvE4VabgQCJGBtkvSlfJJaObNXfkP4gXOCMK72aIMsr7xRB 1m2suJUPBJk= =Q+Am -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-40gDdzgdwM4ED6TnnndC--