Re: ipw2200 only works as a module?

[Alejandro Bonilla]

Luca wrote:

> 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.
>  

I think I have seen this but in FC3 or FC4. We have had issues with them 
loading things too soon and then making the driver to fail loading.

Try it with * built in and then once booted to load it. If it works, 
then is a distro thing.  It works for me here in Debian  with Y or as a 
module.

.Alejandro

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

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