Re: [BUG] tg3 module problem on Linux-2.6.29-rc1-2

[Tarkan Erimer]

Matt Carlson wrote:
> The error message is coming from the
> /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions script.  You are right that
> the script does not look at the config file for
> CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y, but I'm not sure if it should or not.
>
> The script uses the command 'modinfo -F firmware tg3' to determine
> whether or not it should include firmware images in the initrd.  The
> modinfo command simply inspects the tg3.ko module binary reports if the
> module makes any firmware requests.  Obviously this isn't the complete
> picture.
>
> Somewhere in this process, the script or modinfo needs to find out if
> the kernel has firmware images builtin.  How this gets accomplished is
> probably best left to the script maintainers.
>
>   
Yep, you are right. It looks to me a bit like standard kernel compile 
process' fault/bug.
Because all the previous kernel versions prior to 2.6.29-rc1/2 work 
flawlessly.

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