Messages in this thread | | | From | Oliver Neukum <> | Subject | Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. | Date | Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:52:59 +0200 |
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Am Dienstag 15 Juli 2008 16:40:54 schrieb David Woodhouse: > On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 08:23 +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > Am Dienstag 15 Juli 2008 08:03:15 schrieb David Woodhouse: > > > Mostly it follows the documented recommendation, since most of the > > > touched drivers are USB drivers and you end up re-enumerating and > > > starting from scratch on resume anyway. And the remainder are so old > > > that they don't have suspend/resume support anyway. Remember, we're only > > > really updating the older drivers; newer drivers tend to use > > > request_firmware() already, and have done for years. > > > > As for USB that was before persistance. It now allows you to even > > support a loss of power without reprobing, provided > > > > a) the devices does not change IDs > > b) you have firmware around when reset_resume() is called > > c) the driver in question actually _has_ a reset_resume() method > > The old, unloved drivers which I've touched as part of this patch set > did not. In general the newer, loved drivers use request_firmware() > already. >
Generally we love all drivers and welcome new additions. Which did you touch? I lost track.
Regards Oliver
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