From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261672AbVFFUhX (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jun 2005 16:37:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261679AbVFFUhW (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jun 2005 16:37:22 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:15029 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261672AbVFFUfn (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jun 2005 16:35:43 -0400 Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 13:35:29 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Abhay_Salunke@Dell.com Cc: marcel@holtmann.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, Matt_Domsch@Dell.com Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.12-rc3] dell_rbu: Resubmitting patch for new DellBIOS update driver Message-ID: <20050606203528.GA9205@kroah.com> References: <367215741E167A4CA813C8F12CE0143B3ED3AE@ausx2kmpc115.aus.amer.dell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <367215741E167A4CA813C8F12CE0143B3ED3AE@ausx2kmpc115.aus.amer.dell.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 03:22:45PM -0500, Abhay_Salunke@Dell.com wrote: > > > > I was assuming that this would wait forever, and is why I pointed you in > > > > this direction. Sorry about the confusion here. > > > > > > > I guess the earlier method of request_firmware would work out as is with > > > the only disadvantage of the user having to depend on hotplug mechanism > > > and echoing firmware name. > > > Let me know if that is acceptable till we find a solution to wait for > > > ever without using hotplug stuff. > > > > Why not fix the firmware_class.c code now? :) > > > I can sure submit a patch later but for now please accept it in the > tree. Heh, um, no. > Due to scheduling issues it may not be possible for me to fix this now. Please realize that we do not know, nor care about your scheduling issues :) For more details on "things you should never say on the Linux kernel mailing list", see Randy Dunlap's very good presentation on kernel development at: http://www.madrone.org/mentor/linux-mentoring.pdf thanks, greg k-h