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

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Message-Id: <201201030131.15397.marek.vasut@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 3 Jan 2012 01:31:15 +0100
From:	Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>
To:	Jack Stone <jwjstone@...tmail.fm>
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 02/01/12 22:31, Marek Vasut wrote:
> >> I don't think there is anyway to avoid the memory requirement if we want
> >> to be able to resume transparently to user-space (or even resume at all
> >> in some setups).
> > 
> > Well ... injecting firmware into kernel with some userland helper just
> > before suspend is no-go?
> 
> Its a perfectly good idea but you still need the full memory requirement
> during the suspend.

Hm ... and we can't have memory type that "can be swapped-out, but must be 
loaded back before suspend" in kernel, right?

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jack
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