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

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Date:	Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:11:48 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	John Hughes <john@...va.COM>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Am I allowed to call request_firmware_nowait from an interrupt handler?

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 03:00:48PM +0200, John Hughes wrote:
> 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?

That's what it is for yes.

-Andi
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