linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] firmware loader: retry _nowait requests when userhelper is not yet available

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Date:	Sat, 3 Mar 2012 23:57:04 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...glemail.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] firmware loader: retry _nowait requests when userhelper
 is not yet available

On Sat, 3 Mar 2012 21:22:36 +0100
Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...glemail.com> wrote:

> During resume, the userhelper might not be available. However for
> drivers which use the request_firmware_nowait interface, this will
> only lead to a pointless WARNING and a device which no longer works
> after the resume [since it couldn't get the firmware, because the
> userhelper was not available to take the request].

Can you not load the firmware on the suspend path ?

Alan
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