linux-kernel - Re: loading firmware while usermodehelper disabled.

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Message-Id: <201201020938.07149.marek.vasut@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 2 Jan 2012 09:38:06 +0100
From:	Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>
To:	Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@...il.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	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 Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 5:17 AM, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com> wrote:
> > FYI this is not only problem with USB, but with PCMCIA too for example.
> > 
> > M
> 
> Also, PCI Express. Some Nvidia graphics cards only assume their real
> PCI device ID during video POST (which can happen either as part of
> system POST, if the card is primary, or during Linux startup/resume,
> for a secondary card).

Now that's really screwed. Is that "nvidia/intel optimus" also affected by this 
? (that thing where you have two GPUs in one laptop).

M
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