linux-kernel - Re: udev breakages - was: Re: Need of an ".async_probe()" type of callback at driver's core - Was: Re: [PATCH] [media] drxk: change it to use request_firmware

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Date:	Thu, 4 Oct 2012 08:53:45 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>, Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>,
	Lennart Poettering <lennart@...ttering.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kay Sievers <kay@...hat.com>,
	Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>,
	Ivan Kalvachev <ikalvachev@...il.com>
Subject: Re: udev breakages - was: Re: Need of an ".async_probe()" type of
 callback at driver's core - Was: Re: [PATCH] [media] drxk: change it to use
 request_firmware_nowait()

Hi Linus,

On Wed, 3 Oct 2012 13:39:23 -0700 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> Ok, I wish this had been getting more testing in Linux-next or
> something

If you ever want a patch tested for a few days, just send it to me and I
will put it in my "fixes" tree which is merged into linux-next
immediately on top of your tree.  If nothing else, that will give it wide
build testing (see http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/linux-next).

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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