On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 16:05 -0700, David Miller wrote: > Tell me this, how can I (with the default config option settings) > netboot properly without an initial ramdisk after these tg3 patches > and still get the proper firmware? I suppose the facetious answer is that you can't, just as you can't do it with a default config _before_ these patches -- because neither CONFIG_TIGON3 nor the various options you need for nfsroot are enabled by default. But if you _have_ a working nfsroot+tg3 config and you apply these patches, then all you need to do is say 'y' when you're asked if you want to include the firmware for it: CONFIG_TIGON3_FIRMWARE=y If you are competent enough to get nfsroot working, it isn't really very credible to claim you lack the wit to say 'y' when asked that question, surely? Solving that problem was step #1 in the process of converting drivers to use request_firmware(). You _have_ to be able to build the firmware into the kernel image, and you _can_. -- dwmw2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
