Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 1 Jan 2012 17:25:58 +0100 | From | Michael Büsch <> | Subject | Re: loading firmware while usermodehelper disabled. |
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On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 11:17:52 -0500 (EST) Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
> As Linus pointed out, the real problem here is the firmware loader. > The way it is now, a driver can't always depend on the data being > available, even during a normal boot. It ought to use an asynchronous > approach; then none of these problems would arise.
request_firmware_nowait() exists.
-- Greetings, Michael.
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