linux-kernel - Re: [RFT 0/7] firmware: enable caching of firmware for reboot optimization

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Date:   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 20:03:26 +0200
From:   cantabile <cantabile.desu@...il.com>
To:     "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFT 0/7] firmware: enable caching of firmware for reboot
 optimization

On 28/02/18 01:20, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> Cantabile, please give these patches a spin and let me know if it fixes
> your reported issue. They depend on other pending patches I have in line
> waiting to be merged so the easiest I thing I think is for you to test my
> 20180227-firmware-cache branch [0], based on Linus' tree. To get that
> tree, cd into your Linus git tree and do:
> 
> git remote add mcgrof https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mcgrof/linux.git
> git checkout -b 20180227-firmware-cache mcgrof/20180227-firmware-cache
> 
> Please let me know if this resolves your issue and thanks for your report.
> 

I confirmed that request_firmware_cache is called, and the firmware is 
loaded from the cache when resuming from hibernation. The bug is fixed. 
Thank you.