Re: ipw2200 only works as a module?

[Luca]

Keenan Pepper <keenanpepper@xxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:
> With CONFIG_IPW2200=y I get:
> 
> ipw2200: ipw-2.2-boot.fw load failed: Reason -2
> ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: 0xFFFFFFFE
> 
> but with CONFIG_IPW2200=m it works fine. If it doesn't work when built into the 
> kernel, why even give people the option?
> 
> BTW, a better error message than "Reason -2" would be nice. =)

-2 is -ENOENT (no such file or directory). ipw2000 requests its firmware
using a hotplug event, but when the driver is compiled into the kernel
it gets loaded _before_ the root fs is mounted and of course the hotplug
system and the firmware are not available.

I suggest to stick with modular driver, otherwise you must create an
initrd with hotplug + firmware.

More on firmware loading here: http://lwn.net/Articles/32997/

Luca
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