linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: Update hotplug script, remove sysfs files

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Message-ID: <20100625182224.GA14459@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:22:24 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...l.ru>,
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: Update hotplug script, remove sysfs files

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 05:55:11PM +0900, Magnus Damm wrote:
> From: Magnus Damm <damm@...nsource.se>
> 
> Update the in-kernel hotplug example script to work
> properly with recent kernels. Without this fix the
> script may load the firmware twice - both at "add"
> and "remove" time.
> 
> The second load only triggers in the case when multiple
> firmware images are used. A good example is the b43
> driver which does not work properly without this fix.
> 
> While at it, make sure sysfs files are removed.

Hm, the documentation update applied, but this second part didn't.  Care
to redo it against the linux-next tree and resend it as a separate
patch?  I've split this up and applied the documentation part now, so
you don't have to redo that.

thanks,

greg k-h
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