Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:46:13 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: udev 182: response timeout for request_firmware in module_probe path |
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> IMO, the driver probing path is allowed to sleep, so looks request firmware > should be allowed inside .probe().
I'm not convinced about that. It can sleep but its holding various locks in most cases, and it looks like that can end up in a complete heap.
By all means *request* the firmware asynchronously in the probe, but there needs to be a seperate method somewhere after the probe to finish the job once the firmware appears.
Alan
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