Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:07:57 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: request_firmware() and in-kernel modules |
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On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 12:35:38PM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote: > If my driver is compiled in-kernel (and I have module support turned off), > can I still use request_firmware()?
Yes.
> If my driver is loaded before the file system drivers are loaded, how > can a user process copy the firmware to the > /sys/class/firwmare/.../data device?
I'd recommend using the non-blocking mode, that way, when userspace finally gets running, it can handle the firmware events properly, and your kernel code will have not timed out already.
thanks,
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