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From: Felix Radensky <felix@embedded-sol.com>
To: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@broadcom.com>
Cc: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: tg3 and Broadcom PHY driver
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:53:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AC1223B.8070903@embedded-sol.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090928205226.GB12652@xw6200.broadcom.net>

Hi, Matt

Matt Carlson wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 02:32:18PM -0700, Felix Radensky wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've noticed that in linux-2.6.31 I have to make tg3 driver modular, due to
>> its dependency on Broadcom PHY driver. If both tg3 and PHY driver are
>> compiled into the kernel, tg3 fails to detect a PHY, apparently because PHY
>> driver is loaded later. I'm using BCM57760 on embedded powerpc platform
>> (MPC8536).
>>
>> How can I make tg3 work when it's compiled into the kernel ?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>     
>
> Is the broadcom module also compiled into the kernel?
>
>   
Yes.

  reply	other threads:[~2009-09-28 20:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-26 21:32 tg3 and Broadcom PHY driver Felix Radensky
2009-09-28 20:52 ` Matt Carlson
2009-09-28 20:53   ` Felix Radensky [this message]
2009-09-28 21:15     ` David Miller
2009-09-28 21:52       ` Felix Radensky
2009-09-28 21:55         ` David Miller
2009-09-29  0:53           ` Ben Hutchings
2009-10-09 21:25             ` David Miller

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