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Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 17:25:58 +0100 From: Michael Büsch <m@...s.ch> To: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>, Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>, Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@...lsil.com.cn>, "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, Linux Wireless List <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: loading firmware while usermodehelper disabled. On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 11:17:52 -0500 (EST) Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote: > As Linus pointed out, the real problem here is the firmware loader. > The way it is now, a driver can't always depend on the data being > available, even during a normal boot. It ought to use an asynchronous > approach; then none of these problems would arise. request_firmware_nowait() exists. -- Greetings, Michael. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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