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

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Message-ID: <20120103005041.3865e345@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 3 Jan 2012 00:50:41 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jack Stone <jwjstone@...tmail.fm>,
	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.

> Well, if we just have a 10-second timeout for the firmware flushing
> after the last "put" operation, we don't even care.

So for a resume 10 seconds after the resume point on the basis that's
probably enough time to enumerate all the existing hardware without
errors ? (With errors it can be about 30 as my crappy Dell monitor USB
hub now and then likes to remind me)


Alan
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