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Bjørn Mork 8b0d2f9ed3 net: e100: ucode is optional in some cases 
commit 9ac32e1b firmware: convert e100 driver to request_firmware()

did a straight conversion of the in-driver ucode to external
files.  This introduced the possibility of the driver failing
to enable an interface due to missing ucode. There was no
evaluation of the importance of the ucode at the time.

Based on comments in earlier versions of this driver, and in
the source code for the FreeBSD fxp driver, we can assume that
the ucode implements the "CPU Cycle Saver" feature on supported
adapters.  Although generally wanted, this is an optional
feature. The ucode source is not available, preventing it from
being included in free distributions. This creates unnecessary
problems for the end users. Doing a network install based on a
free distribution installer requires the user to download and
insert the ucode into the installer.

Making the ucode optional when possible improves the user
experience and driver usability.

The ucode for some adapters include a bugfix, making it
essential.  We continue to fail for these adapters unless the
ucode is available.

Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-07-19 10:48:07 -07:00
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accessibility
acpi Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux 2012-06-30 11:11:58 -07:00
amba arm-soc: driver specific updates 2012-05-26 12:22:27 -07:00
ata Viresh has moved 2012-06-20 14:39:36 -07:00
atm solos-pci: Fix DMA support 2012-05-24 16:22:53 -04:00
auxdisplay
base PM / Sleep: Prevent waiting forever on asynchronous suspend after abort 2012-06-24 23:31:09 +02:00
bcma bcma: add PMU clock support for BCM4706 2012-07-11 15:40:22 -04:00
block floppy: cancel any pending fd_timeouts before adding a new one 2012-07-03 15:51:22 -07:00
bluetooth Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless 2012-07-09 16:34:34 -04:00
cdrom
char Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2012-06-18 12:20:36 -07:00
clk clk: fix parent validation in __clk_set_parent() 2012-07-03 12:05:14 -07:00
clocksource clocksource: sh_tmu: Use clockevents_config_and_register(). 2012-06-11 17:10:16 +09:00
connector drivers: connector: fixed coding style issues 2012-07-16 23:23:52 -07:00
cpufreq
cpuidle
crypto arm-soc: clock driver changes 2012-05-26 12:42:29 -07:00
dca
devfreq Power management updates for 3.5 2012-05-23 14:07:06 -07:00
dio
dma Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma 2012-06-20 22:12:52 -07:00
edac edac: Do alignment logic properly in edac_align_ptr() 2012-06-11 12:43:16 -03:00
eisa
extcon extcon: max8997: Add missing kfree for info->edev in max8997_muic_remove() 2012-06-18 16:30:42 -07:00
firewire IEEE 1394 (FireWire) subsystem updates post v3.4: 2012-05-24 12:57:47 -07:00
firmware
gpio gpio/samsung: fix the typo 'exynos5_xxx' instead of 'exonys5_xxx' 2012-06-03 21:21:01 -07:00
gpu drm/i915: kick any firmware framebuffers before claiming the gtt 2012-07-03 11:18:48 +01:00
hid Merge branch 'upstream-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid 2012-06-26 11:23:41 -07:00
hsi
hv Driver core pull for 3.5-rc1 2012-05-22 16:02:13 -07:00
hwmon Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-06-29 10:29:54 -07:00
hwspinlock
i2c i2c: Add generic I2C multiplexer using pinctrl API 2012-06-04 16:49:43 +02:00
ide drivers/ide/ide-cs.c: adjust suspicious bit operation 2012-06-12 15:51:41 -07:00
idle
ieee802154 drivers/ieee802154/at86rf230: rework irq handler 2012-07-12 07:54:45 -07:00
iio iio: drop wrong reference from Kconfig 2012-06-14 17:28:46 -07:00
infiniband {NET,IB}/mlx4: Add rmap support to mlx4_assign_eq 2012-07-19 08:34:37 -07:00
input i2c: Split I2C_M_NOSTART support out of I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING 2012-05-30 10:55:34 +02:00
iommu iommu/amd: Fix deadlock in ppr-handling error path 2012-06-04 12:47:44 +02:00
isdn ISDN: Add check for usb_alloc_urb() result 2012-07-18 09:40:54 -07:00
leds leds: Make LEDS_ASIC3 and LEDS_RENESAS_TPU depend on LEDS_CLASS=y 2012-06-12 10:56:25 +08:00
lguest
macintosh
md md - fix build error in previous patch. 2012-07-03 18:05:35 -07:00
media Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media 2012-06-25 14:53:09 -07:00
memory
memstick
message Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb) 2012-05-31 18:10:18 -07:00
mfd Viresh has moved 2012-06-20 14:39:36 -07:00
misc Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem 2012-07-12 13:44:50 -04:00
mmc Revert "mmc: omap_hsmmc: Enable Auto CMD12" 2012-06-26 16:10:30 -04:00
mtd Fix the debugfs regression - we never enable it because incorrect 2012-06-28 11:41:43 -07:00
net net: e100: ucode is optional in some cases 2012-07-19 10:48:07 -07:00
nfc NFC: Add ISO 14443 type B protocol 2012-07-09 16:42:24 -04:00
nubus
of netdev/phy/of: Handle IEEE802.3 clause 45 Ethernet PHYs in of_mdiobus_register() 2012-06-27 21:23:24 -07:00
oprofile oprofile: perf: use NR_CPUS instead or nr_cpumask_bits for static array 2012-06-21 16:15:11 +02:00
parisc Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2012-05-22 19:22:50 -07:00
parport Driver core pull for 3.5-rc1 2012-05-22 16:02:13 -07:00
pci USB: add NO_D3_DURING_SLEEP flag and revert 151b612847 2012-06-13 13:11:39 -07:00
pcmcia
pinctrl Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb) 2012-06-20 14:41:57 -07:00
platform drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c: correct Boris' mail address 2012-06-07 14:43:55 -07:00
pnp
power A bunch of fixes for v3.5, nothing extraordinary. 2012-05-31 12:10:15 -07:00
pps
ps3
ptp Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2012-05-22 19:22:50 -07:00
rapidio rapidio/tsi721: add DMA engine support 2012-05-31 17:49:31 -07:00
regulator regulator: palmas: fix regmap offsets for enable/disable 2012-06-23 11:37:28 +01:00
remoteproc remoteproc/omap: fix dev_err typo 2012-06-17 10:31:03 +03:00
rpmsg
rtc Merge branches 'bugfix-battery', 'bugfix-misc', 'bugfix-rafael', 'bugfix-turbostat', 'bugfix-video' and 'workaround-pss' into release 2012-06-04 00:48:41 -04:00
s390 s390: Use eth_random_addr 2012-07-16 22:38:41 -07:00
sbus
scsi bnx2i: use strlcpy() instead of memcpy() for strings 2012-07-08 23:51:11 -07:00
sfi
sh sh: intc: Kill off special reservation interface. 2012-05-22 19:07:55 +09:00
sn
spi SPI: fix over-eager devm_xxx() conversion 2012-06-18 11:27:04 +01:00
ssb ssb: add missing PCI ID for b/g/n single band BCM4322 2012-06-11 14:59:44 -04:00
staging netlink: add netlink_kernel_cfg parameter to netlink_kernel_create 2012-06-29 16:46:02 -07:00
target target: Return error to initiator if SET TARGET PORT GROUPS emulation fails 2012-06-12 20:12:25 -07:00
tc
thermal
tty Serial driver fixes for 3.5-rc4 2012-06-20 15:13:13 -07:00
uio
usb usb: Use eth_random_addr 2012-07-16 22:39:07 -07:00
uwb
vhost vhost: use USER_DS in vhost_worker thread 2012-06-26 21:10:56 -07:00
video fbdev fixes for 3.5 2012-06-16 16:59:05 -07:00
virt
virtio virtio-mmio: Devices parameter parsing 2012-05-22 12:16:15 +09:30
vlynq
vme
w1 arm-soc: clock driver changes 2012-05-26 12:42:29 -07:00
watchdog watchdog: core: fix WDIOC_GETSTATUS return value 2012-06-28 20:40:56 +02:00
xen Five bug-fixes: 2012-06-15 17:17:15 -07:00
zorro
Kconfig Staging tree pull request for 3.5-rc1 2012-05-22 16:34:21 -07:00
Makefile arm-soc: driver specific updates 2012-05-26 12:22:27 -07:00