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From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: John Talbut <jt@dpets.co.uk>, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Firmware loading with static kernel and initramfs
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 17:11:19 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <53B08F07.3000308@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53B066A5.4070003@dpets.co.uk>

On 06/29/2014 02:19 PM, John Talbut wrote:
> I originally had the problem with a Broadcom BCM43225 wireless.  This was with a
> 3.8 kernel.  This was solved by a patch to the kernel brcmsmac driver and this
> is still working with a 3.14 kernel.

What sort of patch was that? Driver brcmsmac is still using request_firmware().

> Currently I have the problem with an Intel Centrino Wireless-N 130.  The problem
> was present with a 3.11 kernel and currently with a 3.14 kernel.  udev version
> 204-5linuxmint.

The current Intel drivers all use request_firmware_nowait(), but I'm not sure 
when they were changed.

> A friend seems to have the problem with a Realtek 8129se wireless but we are
> still checking out that this is the problem.

To my knowledge, there is no Realtek 8129se driver. Do you mean rtl8192se? If 
so, that one has used request_firmware_nowait() for some time.

Larry


  reply	other threads:[~2014-06-29 22:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-29 17:15 Firmware loading with static kernel and initramfs John Talbut
2014-06-29 18:31 ` Larry Finger
2014-06-29 19:19   ` John Talbut
2014-06-29 22:11     ` Larry Finger [this message]
2014-06-30  5:09       ` John Talbut
2014-06-30  8:22         ` Arend van Spriel
2014-06-30  9:08           ` John Talbut

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