Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. | From | David Woodhouse <> | Date | Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:44:00 -0700 |
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On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 17:40 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, David Woodhouse wrote: > > > > I see no real point in that. If you have userspace to load modules, then > > you have userspace to load firmware. > > David, the case is different: the module is loaded _across_ the > suspend/resume, but the device needs to have its firmware reloaded at > resume time because it lost power.
Either I put my reply in response to the wrong quotation, or you thought I did.
I intended the above to be a response to the "please put firmware _into_ the .ko file" request. Not to the suspend/resume thing.
Yes, I agree that suspend/resume is a non-issue.
-- dwmw2
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