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Message-ID: <20120906001804.645c243c@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 00:18:04 +0100
From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: A workaround for request_firmware() stuck in module_init
> But then you have cases where probe() -> register_with_my_subsystem() ->
> open(). Network devices come to mind. IE. udev must be able to deal with
> a synchronous firmware load from probe I'm afraid.
I don't believe so. You have
begin probe
find match .. .firmware_name is set
issue firmware load request
set defer flag
end probe
Later..
firmware load complete
kick probe up arse
begin probe
find match .. .firmware is loaded
call ->probe()
register
open
happiness
end probe
Alan
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