Hi! > >>Anyway, our rebasing from ieee80211 up to the latest development tip is > >>done across 29 commits, with a series size of 225k. > >> > > > >Are there any plans to fix "compiled into kernel" case? It works okay > >when modular, but when compiled into kernel, it fails to load > >firmware.... > > > I assume you are referring to ipw2{1,2}00 and not the ieee80211 >subsystem?
Yes, I was talking ipw2200. > When last we had moved the firmware loader to outside of the netdev init > callback, we had problems with distros not bringing up the interface > correctly (it wasn't being opened until after carrier was detected... > which meant it couldn't be configured because it hadn't been brought up, > and so hadn't had the firmware loaded) Well, we can fix the distros :-). Could we at least mark CONFIG_IPW2200=Y as unsupported -- only allow N and M? Pavel -- if you have sharp zaurus hardware you don't need... you know my address - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html