Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:20:13 +0200 | From | Maarten Lankhorst <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Change CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER to default n and don't select it |
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Op 05-08-13 18:29, Andy Lutomirski schreef: > The systemd commit below can delay firmware loading by multiple > minutes if CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=y. Unfortunately no one > noticed that the systemd-udev change would break new kernels as well > as old kernels. > > Since the kernel apparently can't count on reasonable userspace > support, turn this thing off by default. > > commit a3bd8447be4ea2ce230eb8ae0e815c04d85fa15a > Author: Tom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no> > Date: Mon Mar 18 15:12:18 2013 +0100 > > udev: make firmware loading optional and disable by default > > Distros that whish to support old kernels should set > --with-firmware-dirs="/usr/lib/firmware/updates:/usr/lib/firmware" > to retain the old behaviour. > methinks this patch should be reverted then, or a stub should be added to udev to always fail firmware loading so timeouts don't occur.
~Maarten
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