Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Aug 2007 15:15:35 +0200 | From | Cornelia Huck <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] request_firmware: skip timeout if userspace was not notified |
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On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:57:52 +0200, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote:
> The real fix would be to change the driver not to block in the firmware > request and use async version of firmware loading.
I guess some drivers want to fail the probe if they can't get the firmware. This sounds like the "some parts of ->probe may take ages and block everything else" problem again... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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