On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 13:05 -0700, Ben Greear wrote: > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > >> The config & dmesg is attached. Some of the options are for patches we've > >> added, and we even have a small patch in the e100 (but have had it there > >> for years, so probably un-related to this). Still, I will not complain > >> if you decide to ignore the report. > > [...] > > > > Your config has CONFIG_E100=m, but CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL only > > applies to firmware used by non-modular drivers. The assumption is that > > once userland is capable of loading modules it is also capable of > > loading firmware. > > Well, that's an annoyance. Would it be that hard to allow modular drivers > to compile-in their FW as well? It would be a nice option for > those of us trying to build portable pre-compiled kernels for various > distributions and distribution versions.
Most of those distros will have firmware loading capability though, right? Every non-embedded distro (Fedora, RHEL, SUSE, Ubuntu, Slackware, Mandriva, Xandros, etc) has it, so if you're building kernels for those, there's not really a problem with dropping firmware into the firmware directory for that distro, right? Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel
