linux-kernel - Re: udev breakages - was: Re: Need of an ".async_probe()" type of callback at driver's core - Was: Re: [PATCH] [media] drxk: change it to use request_firmware

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Date:	Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:03:28 +0700
From:	Emmanuel Benisty <benisty.e@...il.com>
To:	Kurt H Maier <khm@....org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: udev breakages - was: Re: Need of an ".async_probe()" type of
 callback at driver's core - Was: Re: [PATCH] [media] drxk: change it to use request_firmware_nowait()

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Kurt H Maier <khm@....org> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 07:27:01PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
>>
>> Al, that -><- close to volunteering for maintaining that FPOS kernel-side...
>>
>
> This would be fantastic.

And that would solve this very much worrying issue [1], quoting:
"(Yes, udev on non-systemd systems is in our eyes a dead end, in case you
haven't noticed it yet. I am looking forward to the day when we can drop
that support entirely.)"

[1] http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-August/006066.html
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