linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13] firmware loader: introduce cache/uncache firmware

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Date:	Wed, 25 Jul 2012 01:47:45 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13] firmware loader: introduce cache/uncache firmware

Cc Matthew

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 1:16 AM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> Nothing in this patchset made me go "Eww", and several of them looked
> like good cleanups, but maybe somebody else hates this approach.

I remembered that Matthew objected caching firmware because he thought
it can't solve the isight camera problem after warm reset. But now,
this specific
problem can be solved easily by letting its driver defer probe.


Thanks,
--
Ming Lei
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