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| author | David Kilroy <kilroyd@googlemail.com> | 2008-11-22 10:37:28 +0000 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2008-11-26 09:47:47 -0500 |
| commit | 39d1ffee57c7ce02c90ec8e9272df8aa8ddf600f (patch) | |
| tree | e13cd6eef6b24084a54cd024c2af19c71f4d0e1f /drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig | |
| parent | ac7cafd72261857278dff9f737e600b30088653b (diff) | |
| download | linux-39d1ffee57c7ce02c90ec8e9272df8aa8ddf600f.tar.gz | |
orinoco: Provide option to avoid unnecessary fw caching
Make firmware caching on startup optional, and make it default.
When the option is not selected and PM_SLEEP is configured, then
cache firmware in the suspend pm_notifier. This configuration saves
about 64k RAM in normal use, but can lead to a situation where the
driver is configured to use a different firmware.
Signed-off by: David Kilroy <kilroyd@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig index 7ea916b257e49a..ea543fcf2687aa 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig @@ -214,6 +214,21 @@ config HERMES configure your card and that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts works : <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html> +config HERMES_CACHE_FW_ON_INIT + bool "Cache Hermes firmware on driver initialisation" + depends on HERMES + default y + ---help--- + Say Y to cache any firmware required by the Hermes drivers + on startup. The firmware will remain cached until the + driver is unloaded. The cache uses 64K of RAM. + + Otherwise load the firmware from userspace as required. In + this case the driver should be unloaded and restarted + whenever the firmware is changed. + + If you are not sure, say Y. + config APPLE_AIRPORT tristate "Apple Airport support (built-in)" depends on PPC_PMAC && HERMES |