From 19ae3a6a96859c0e64d9dd5d35515a6f23a9cad8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:49:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ipw2100/ipw2200: note firmware loading caveat in Kconfig help
text
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 <dsd@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig
index cfedbda81e3f..3c3ef966c95b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig
@@ -146,12 +146,15 @@ config IPW2100
configure your card:
<http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
+
+ It is recommended that you compile this driver as a module (M)
+ rather than built-in (Y). This driver requires firmware at device
+ initialization time, and when built-in this typically happens
+ before the filesystem is accessible (hence firmware will be
+ unavailable and initialization will fail). If you do choose to build
+ this driver into your kernel image, you can avoid this problem by
+ including the firmware and a firmware loader in an initramfs.
- If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
- inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
- say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>.
- The module will be called ipw2100.ko.
-
config IPW2100_MONITOR
bool "Enable promiscuous mode"
depends on IPW2100
@@ -201,11 +204,14 @@ config IPW2200
configure your card:
<http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
-
- If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
- inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
- say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>.
- The module will be called ipw2200.ko.
+
+ It is recommended that you compile this driver as a module (M)
+ rather than built-in (Y). This driver requires firmware at device
+ initialization time, and when built-in this typically happens
+ before the filesystem is accessible (hence firmware will be
+ unavailable and initialization will fail). If you do choose to build
+ this driver into your kernel image, you can avoid this problem by
+ including the firmware and a firmware loader in an initramfs.
config IPW2200_MONITOR
bool "Enable promiscuous mode"
--
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