Bug#589960: linux-source-2.6.34: iwlwifi-4965 firmware is no longer loaded since 2.6.34

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 07:03:48PM +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> Hi Ben.
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 16:21 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > This is not a supported configuration.  In theory you can use
> > CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL to make this work, but I believe that requires
> > that the firmware images are included in the kernel source tree.
> 
> Have you read the remaining info in the bug? I'd especially like to know
> whether it worked with 2.6.33.... just to understand the boot/firmware
> loading process better.

initramfs-tools relies on module information to work out which firmware
should be included in the initramfs.  There is no way to get that
information for drivers included in a monolithic kernel.  Further, some
drivers will request firmware when probing devices, before the initramfs
has even been mounted.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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