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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:13:08 +0100 From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net> To: Denis Joseph Barrow <D.Barow@...ion.com> CC: Linux netdev Mailing list <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: possible problem with tg3.c not loading firmware Denis Joseph Barrow wrote: > Hi, > I'm running ubuntu hardy heron 8.0.4. > my Ethernet controller is a Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03) > > On linux-2.6.28-rc6 for the Tigon 3 driver there doesnt appear to be a seperate firmware file. > on linux-2.6.29-rc1 there is a tg3_tso5.bin.ihex. > There appears to be teething problems in getting the firmware file loaded on 2.6.29-rc1. > > From the dmesg attached the firmware doesn't appear to be loaded on first boot. > When I explicitly rmmod & modprobe the tg3 module it then works. > > Hi Denis, it's a know regression, see: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123182747323724&w=2 Please use CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL for now to be able to work again. Regards, Oliver -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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