Summary: | Intel Pro/Wireless 2200bg can be compiled statically into the kernel | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Marek Kozlowski <kozlowsm> |
Component: | [OLD] Core system | Assignee: | Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers> |
Status: | RESOLVED NEEDINFO | ||
Severity: | normal | ||
Priority: | High | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
Marek Kozlowski
2008-11-19 06:59:55 UTC
Which cat/pkg-version does this apply to? This behavior is thoroughly documented in recent kernels: "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." In kernels >=2.6.27, you can also add the firmware to the kernel image using CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE. |