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From: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@nigel.suspend2.net>
Subject: Re: [mm-patch]Documentation:reference notifiers.txt in
	freezing-of-tasks.txt
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:48:27 +1000
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Hi.

On Monday 09 July 2007 18:26:19 Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> freezing-of-tasks.txt mentions firmware issues without mentioning the use
> of the new notifier API to overcome them. Here's an update.
>=20
> 	Regards
> 		Oliver
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de>
> ----
>=20
> --- a/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt	2007-07-09=20
10:06:51.000000000 +0200
> +++ b/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt	2007-07-09=20
10:24:05.000000000 +0200
> @@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ Suppose, however, that the firmware file
>  only through another device that hasn't been resumed yet.  In that case,
>  request_firmware() will fail regardless of whether or not the freezing o=
f=20
tasks
>  is used.  Consequently, the problem is not really related to the freezin=
g=20
of
> -tasks, since it generally exists anyway.  [The solution to this particul=
ar
> -problem is to keep the firmware in memory after it's loaded for the firs=
t=20
time
> -and upload if from memory to the device whenever necessary.]
> +tasks, since it generally exists anyway.
> +
> +A driver must have all firmwares it may need in RAM before suspend() is=
=20
called.

s/firmwares/firmware

> +If keeping them is not practical, for example due to their size, they mu=
st=20
be
> +requested early enough using the suspend notifier API described in=20
notifiers.txt.

Acked-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@nigel.suspend2.net>

Regards,

Nigel
=2D-=20
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