From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:57:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20080708.015701.249196626.davem@davemloft.net> Subject: Re: [bug?] tg3: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3_tso.bin" From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20080708073637.32037c76@the-village.bc.nu> References: <20080707221427.163c4a30@the-village.bc.nu> <20080707.145819.209342070.davem@davemloft.net> <20080708073637.32037c76@the-village.bc.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org From: Alan Cox Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 07:36:37 +0100 Return-Path: To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Cc: jeff@garzik.org, dwmw2@infradead.org, andi@firstfloor.org, tytso@mit.edu, hugh@veritas.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com, mchan@broadcom.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > > I can only see it being about separation, pure and simple. > > Separation - of firmware that can be paged from code that cannot. It can't be paged from the drivers we're talking about, no matter how hard you try. Every chip reset needs the firmware around so it can be reloaded into the card. This applies to tg3, bnx2, bnx2x, etc. etc. etc. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org