Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Sep 2015 03:37:25 +0200 | From | "Luis R. Rodriguez" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on init or probe |
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On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 01:28:27PM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez > <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> wrote: > > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com> > > > > We are phasing out the usermode helper from the kernel, > > systemd already ripped support for this a while ago, the > > only remaining valid user is the Dell rbu driver. The > > Actually, I don't think that is accurate any longer. The Dell rbu > driver certainly requires this, but it seems that the following > drivers select FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK as well: > > CONFIG_DRM_STI > CONFIG_LEDS_LP55XX_COMMON > > Why they do that, I have no idea. It's kind of disappointing.
What The Flying-hipster-typewriters! Indeed. With more reason to put the user mode helper to sleep sooner rather than later.
Luis
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