Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Add request_firmware_direct() for microcode loader

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 09:44:13AM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> At Sat, 16 Nov 2013 06:24:55 +0900,
> Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 04:34:09PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > > At Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:02:12 +0100,
> > > Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > this is a revised patch series to introduce request_firmware_direct()
> > > > helper for avoiding the lengthy udev issue on microcode loader.
> > > > The original problem was stated in Prarit's post:
> > > >    https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/10/28/221
> > > > 
> > > > In short, microcode loader probes non-existing firmware files (which
> > > > are cases with every new chip), and each probe takes 60 seconds,
> > > > resulting in too long time until completed.
> > > > 
> > > > This solution is simply avoiding the udev fallback in
> > > > request_firmware() explicitly for drivers like microcode.
> > > > 
> > > > Of course, this doesn't mean to throw away further optimizations like
> > > > Prarit's patch.  It can be implemented in parallel with this.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >  [PATCH v3 1/4] firmware: Introduce request_firmware_direct()
> > > >  [PATCH v3 2/4] microcode: Use request_firmware_direct()
> > > >  [PATCH v3 3/4] firmware: Use bit flags instead of boolean combos
> > > >  [PATCH v3 4/4] firmware: Suppress fallback warnings when CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n
> > > > 
> > > > v1->v2: Rebased on linux-next, add a fix for a bogus warning message
> > > > v2->v3: Convert to bit flags, fix warning message differently
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Greg, could you take these patches through your driver tree, as
> > > > most of fixes are about the firmware loader itself.
> > > 
> > > Greg, any chance to take a look at these patches?
> > 
> > I'm traveling at the moment, in Korea this week.  I'll take a look at
> > them after 3.13-rc1 is out, as I can't do anything with patches until
> > then.  Don't worry, they aren't lost.
> 
> They seem lost in Korea in the end :)

No, not lost:
	$ mdfrm -c ~/mail/todo/
	2485 messages in /home/gregkh/mail/todo/

Just burried :(

> Could you catch up if still OK?

I'll get to them soon...

> One of the patches seems slightly conflicting with the latest Linus
> tree.  I can send a rebased one if needed, or you can take it from
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-unstable.git test/fw-direct

Yes please, an update would be good to have, can you just send this in
email form?

thanks,

greg k-h