Messages in this thread | | | From | Marek Vasut <> | Subject | Re: loading firmware while usermodehelper disabled. | Date | Sun, 1 Jan 2012 17:32:22 +0100 |
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> Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 10:54:47 schrieb Marek Vasut: > > > Am Samstag, 31. Dezember 2011, 19:39:18 schrieb Marek Vasut: > > > > maybe we should implement such thing into the firmware loader itself? > > > > Allow it -- for example via some node in /dev -- to force loading > > > > firmware into some buffer in kernel just before suspend so it'll > > > > certainly be readily available at resume time? > > > > > > This is difficult. We don't know at suspend time which firmware we will > > > need at resume time. > > > > That's not actually true ... you can ask the drivers if they need to load > > firmware after resume ... that can be implemented and udev can handle it. > > The driver should know if the hardware it's controlling is stupid or > > not. > > Device IDs can morph due to a power loss. After resumption another driver > would bind.
What do you mean? I don't think I quite follow.
M
> > Regards > Oliver
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