linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] 2.6.30-rc3: bnx2 failing to load firmware

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Date:	Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:02:26 +0200
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mchan@...adcom.com, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.30-rc3: bnx2 failing to load firmware

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.
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