netdev - Re: [PATCH] starfire: Clean up properly if firmware loading fails

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:28:39 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Michael <michael@...fatt.org.nz>
Cc:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, stable@...nel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] starfire: Clean up properly if firmware loading fails

On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:58:39 +1300 Michael <michael@...fatt.org.nz> wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I think I'm the submitter that Ben is referring to.
> 
> So that could be the answer to the kernel BUG I have reported, but I 
> don't think that it will answer why the interface doesn't come up... or 
> does it?

>From this:

Jan 21 05:08:26 172 kernel: starfire: Failed to load firmware "adaptec/starfire_rx.bin"
Jan 21 05:08:26 172 kernel: device eth4 entered promiscuous mode
Jan 21 05:08:26 172 kernel: starfire 0000:03:06.0: firmware: requesting adaptec/starfire_rx.bin
Jan 21 05:08:26 172 kernel: starfire: Failed to load firmware "adaptec/starfire_rx.bin"
Jan 21 05:08:26 172 kernel: device eth5 entered promiscuous mode
Jan 21 05:08:26 172 kernel: starfire 0000:03:07.0: firmware: requesting adaptec/starfire_rx.bin
Jan 21 05:08:26 172 kernel: starfire: Failed to load firmware "adaptec/starfire_rx.bin"
Jan 21 05:08:26 172 kernel: device eth6 entered promiscuous mode
Jan 21 05:08:26 172 kernel: starfire 0000:04:04.0: firmware: requesting adaptec/starfire_rx.bin

I assume that it can't find the firmware?
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