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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:52:02 -0700 (PDT) From: David Lang <dlang@...italinsight.com> To: Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de> cc: Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>, James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...eleye.com>, Sven Luther <sven.luther@...adoo.fr>, debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] MODULE_FIRMWARE for binary firmware(s) On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Olaf Hering wrote: >> you are assuming that >> >> 1. modules are enabled and ipw2200 is compiled as a module > > No, why? becouse if the ipw isn't compiled as a module then it's initialized (without firmware) before the initramfs or initrd is run. if it could be initialized later without being a module then it could be initialized as part of the normal system >> 2. initrd or initramfs are in use > > initramfs is always in use. not on my machines. what does it use for the initramfs? I don't enable the options in the kernel for initrd, and I don't give it any source for an initramfs. David Lang P.S. there was a suggestion yesterday in this thread that I haven't tested yet. I plan to test that tonight. if it works then the card can be reinitialized after the system boots, still no initrd or initramfs needed. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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