Ben Hutchings wrote: > I'm handling a bug report <http://bugs.debian.org/553024> relating to > tg3 using phylib and missing the broadcom module. > > There seem to be two general problems here: > 1. PHY drivers are not auto-loaded > 2. An initramfs builder cannot statically determine that a net device > requires a PHY driver > > It seems to me that PHY drivers should have aliases based on MDIO PHY > ids, and phylib should request_module() if no suitable driver is > registered. This would solve (1) and go some way to solving (2). > > Ben. >
I encountered the same issue with Karmic and worked around it by building in all of the phylib modules, e.g., CONFIG_BROADCOM_PHY=y. I agree that its not the best long term solution. rtg -- Tim Gardner tim.gard...@canonical.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
