linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -net-next 3/4] firmware: convert tg3 driver to request

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Message-ID: <3f9a31f40901050706r3d01fbfen351c1728b5a9095b@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:36:47 +0530
From:	"Jaswinder Singh Rajput" <jaswinderlinux@...il.com>
To:	"Oliver Hartkopp" <oliver@...tkopp.net>
Cc:	"David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"Jaswinder Singh Rajput" <jaswinder@...radead.org>,
	davem@...hat.com, jgarzik@...hat.com,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	mchan@...adcom.com, "Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -net-next 3/4] firmware: convert tg3 driver to request_firmware()

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@...tkopp.net> wrote:
>
> The firmware, right?!
>
> When compiling tg3 as module the request_firmware() worked fine, as the fs
> is available then.
>
> Now i went back to compiling tg3 as built-in driver and i also defined
> CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL which is also working properly. Thanks for the
> advise.
>

Yes, Good.

> Btw. the locking issue is still there:

David Miller and Jeff are right person to answer this question.

Thanks,
--
JSR
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