linux-kernel - Re: Am I allowed to call request_firmware

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Message-ID: <49EC7200.9080308@Calva.COM>
Date:	Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:00:48 +0200
From:	John Hughes <john@...va.COM>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Am I allowed to call request_firmware_nowait from an interrupt
 handler?

Andi Kleen wrote:
> John Hughes <john@...va.COM> writes:
>   
>> Am I being a naughty boy?
>>     
>
> Yes.
>
>   
Buggeration.  What an irritating restriction.

So I'll have to make a thread to do the firmware download, in which case 
I can just use request_firmware instead of request_firmware_nowait.

Or can I use schedule_work?

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