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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig | 26 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig index cfedbda81e3f..3c3ef966c95b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig @@ -146,12 +146,15 @@ config IPW2100 configure your card: <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>. + + 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 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. - 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: <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>. - - 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 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. - 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" |