From 9e9fd12dc0679643c191fc9795a3021807e77de4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Carlson Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:57:45 -0800 Subject: tg3: Fix firmware loading This patch modifies how the tg3 driver handles device firmware. The patch starts by consolidating David Woodhouse's earlier patch under the same name. Specifically, the patch moves the request_firmware call into a separate tg3_request_firmware() function and calls that function from tg3_open() rather than tg3_init_one(). The patch then goes on to limit the number of devices that will make request_firmware calls. The original firmware patch unnecessarily requested TSO firmware for devices that did not need it. This patch reduces the set of devices making TSO firmware patches to approximately the following device set : 5703, 5704, and 5705. Finally, the patch reduces the effects of a request_firmware() failure. For those devices that are requesting TSO firmware, the driver will turn off the TSO capability. If TSO firmware becomes available at a later time, the device can be closed and then opened again to reacquire the TSO capability. Signed-off-by: Matt Carlson Signed-off-by: Michael Chan Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/tg3.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'drivers/net/tg3.h') diff --git a/drivers/net/tg3.h b/drivers/net/tg3.h index ae5da603c6af..508def3e077f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tg3.h +++ b/drivers/net/tg3.h @@ -2764,6 +2764,7 @@ struct tg3 { struct ethtool_coalesce coal; /* firmware info */ + const char *fw_needed; const struct firmware *fw; u32 fw_len; /* includes BSS */ }; -- cgit v1.2.3