netdev - Re: 2.6.28-git8: tg3 doesn't work due to firmware not loading (-git7 is ok)

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Date:	Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:41:12 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dwmw2@...radead.org
Cc:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, alessandro.suardi@...il.com,
	jaswinderlinux@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.28-git8: tg3 doesn't work due to firmware not loading
 (-git7 is ok)

From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:59:59 +0000

> So if you build with CONFIG_TIGON3=y, CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=n, you
> should see it fail to load the firmware at boot, but then it should load
> it successfully when you bring the device up.

And you won't be able to mount an NFS root filesystem.
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