Return-path: Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:16508 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751142AbYBLVrd convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:47:33 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: RE: [Ipw2100-admin] [PATCH] ipw2100/ipw2200: note firmware loadingcaveat in Kconfig help text Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:44:48 -0800 Message-ID: (sfid-20080212_214742_561491_5BBDF016) In-Reply-To: <20080212134942.9FD589D4135@zog.reactivated.net> References: <20080212134942.9FD589D4135@zog.reactivated.net> From: "Chatre, Reinette" To: "Daniel Drake" , Cc: , Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On , Daniel Drake wrote: > Most wireless drivers load their firmware at interface open time, > which generally occurs after the filesystem is available. However, > the ipw drivers > load their firmware at probe time because firmware is required > to read the > 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). > > Note all this in the kconfig help text for both drivers. > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake > --- Thank you very much. Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre Reinette