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Date:	Sun, 21 Oct 2012 09:14:14 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] firmware loader: misc changes

On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 03:55:45PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The first two are fixes' patch, the 3rd one is to enable
> > caching firmware for direct loading, and the last one is
> > a cleanup patch.
> >
> >  drivers/base/firmware_class.c |  266 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
> >  1 file changed, 151 insertions(+), 115 deletions(-)
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Could you push the patchset or at least the first 3 fix patches
> onto 3.7-rc?
> 
> BTW: 3/4 is still a fix, since linus's direct loading breaks firmware cache
> which has been used by some drivers(such as: ath9k)

Yes, sorry, they are still in my queue, I was working on other fixes
for other subsystems this past week.  I'll get to these tomorrow.

greg k-h
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