[PATCH v2] dma: imx-sdma: clarify firmare not found warning

Lothar Waßmann
2014-01-20T14:09:02Z

Hi,

Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:36:27PM +0100, Lothar Wa?mann wrote:
> > In case user space firmware loading support (CONFIG_FW_LOADER) is
> > enabled, this message may still be inadequate, since the firmware may
> > very well be loaded lateron.
>
> I haven't worked out whether that's actually possible - I saw no way to
> re-trigger the firmware request, and once the firmware request expires,
> there seems to be no way for userspace to say "okay, the firmware is now
> available, please load it".
>
I can confirm that it does work, since I'm using it.
I have the following in my /etc/init.d/mdev.sh script:
| [ "$VERBOSE" = no ] || echo -n "Triggering firmware load"
| for dir in $(find /sys/class/firmware/ -type l);do
| echo add > "$dir/uevent"
| done

Lothar
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