ipw2100/ipw2200: note firmware loading caveat in Kconfig help text
authorDaniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:49:42 +0000 (13:49 +0000)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:37:15 +0000 (15:37 -0500)
commit19ae3a6a96859c0e64d9dd5d35515a6f23a9cad8
treecc237911d23d4cc4af0e05a705f80b4c50f53f4f
parent5200e8cdf26e32d15f7a125fd75310150f9b2812
ipw2100/ipw2200: note firmware loading caveat in Kconfig help text

Most wireless drivers load their firmware at interface open time, which
generally occurs after the filesystem is available. However, the ipw drivers
load their firmware at probe time because firmware is required to read the
device MAC address. When built-in, probe happens before the filesystem is
available, hence device init will only complete successfully if the user
has made special arrangements (including firmware plus a loader in the
initramfs).

Note all this in the kconfig help text for both drivers.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig