| To: | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>, Netdev list <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>, kernel list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "James P. Ketrenos" <ipw2100-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | ipw2100: firmware problem |
| From: | Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> |
| Date: | Wed, 8 Jun 2005 16:23:10 +0200 |
| Sender: | netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| User-agent: | Mutt/1.5.9i |
Hi!
I'm fighting with firmware problem: if ipw2100 is compiled into
kernel, it is loaded while kernel boots and firmware loader is not yet
available. That leads to uninitialized (=> useless) adapter.
What's the prefered way to solve this one? Only load firmware when
user does ifconfig eth1 up? [It is wifi, it looks like it would be
better to start firmware sooner so that it can associate to the
AP...].
Last initcall available in kernel is late_initcall; that's not late
enough for me. Is adding one more initcall that is started when
userland is available a solution?
Pavel
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