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SubjectRe: [PATCH] firmware: speed up request_firmware()
> Some drivers cache firmware in memory. Doubing the amount of needed memory 
> definitely would not be the best idea. Check drivers/net/wireless for
> examples.

A lot of drivers could perfectly happily exist with a simple iterator
helper and being returned sg lists of pages. It seems that for big
firmwares at least there is a root cause which is deeper than how you
grow your vmalloc buffer.

Alan


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