From 5b59c494f17dd9ee66225357dc3d818cbd1f37eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Drake Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:49:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- yaml --- r: 89924 b: refs/heads/master c: 19ae3a6a96859c0e64d9dd5d35515a6f23a9cad8 h: refs/heads/master v: v3 --- [refs] | 2 +- trunk/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig | 26 ++++++++++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index 9e34ec5e7cfa..af3f6a143362 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: 5200e8cdf26e32d15f7a125fd75310150f9b2812 +refs/heads/master: 19ae3a6a96859c0e64d9dd5d35515a6f23a9cad8 diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig index cfedbda81e3f..3c3ef966c95b 100644 --- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig +++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig @@ -146,12 +146,15 @@ config IPW2100 configure your card: . + + It is recommended that you compile this driver as a module (M) + rather than built-in (Y). This driver requires firmware at device + initialization time, and when built-in this typically happens + before the filesystem is accessible (hence firmware will be + unavailable and initialization will fail). If you do choose to build + this driver into your kernel image, you can avoid this problem by + including the firmware and a firmware loader in an initramfs. - If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be - inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), - say M here and read . - The module will be called ipw2100.ko. - config IPW2100_MONITOR bool "Enable promiscuous mode" depends on IPW2100 @@ -201,11 +204,14 @@ config IPW2200 configure your card: . - - If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be - inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), - say M here and read . - The module will be called ipw2200.ko. + + It is recommended that you compile this driver as a module (M) + rather than built-in (Y). This driver requires firmware at device + initialization time, and when built-in this typically happens + before the filesystem is accessible (hence firmware will be + unavailable and initialization will fail). If you do choose to build + this driver into your kernel image, you can avoid this problem by + including the firmware and a firmware loader in an initramfs. config IPW2200_MONITOR bool "Enable promiscuous mode"