netdev - Re: [PATCH] r8169: keep firmware in memory.

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Date:	Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:50:20 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	romieu@...zoreil.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jarek@...o.eu.org, hayeswang@...ltek.com,
	benh@...ian.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] r8169: keep firmware in memory.

From: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:07:53 +0100

> The firmware agent is not available during resume. Loading the firmware
> during open() (see eee3a96c6368f47df8df5bd4ed1843600652b337) is not
> enough.
> 
> close() is run during resume through rtl8169_reset_task(), whence the
> mildly natural release of firmware in the driver removal method instead.
> 
> It will help with http://bugs.debian.org/609538. It will not avoid
> the 60 seconds delay when:
> - there is no firmware
> - the driver is loaded and the device is not up before a suspend/resume
> 
> Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
> Tested-by: Jarek Kamiński <jarek@...o.eu.org>
> Cc: Hayes <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
> Cc: Ben Hutchings <benh@...ian.org>

Applied.
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