From: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: request_firmware() and in-kernel modules
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:01:44 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <471D1DC8.5090802@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071021040757.GC24869@kroah.com>
Greg KH wrote:
> I'd recommend using the non-blocking mode, that way, when userspace
> finally gets running, it can handle the firmware events properly, and
> your kernel code will have not timed out already.
Thanks Greg, that did the trick.
What the value of FW_ACTION_NOHOTPLUG? If I specify that instead of
FW_ACTION_HOTPLUG, I presume I don't get automatic loading of the firwmare via
the hotplug subsystem, but request_firmware() still times out. Why would I ever
not want to take advantage of hotplug?
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-22 22:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-19 17:35 request_firmware() and in-kernel modules Timur Tabi
2007-10-21 4:07 ` Greg KH
2007-10-22 22:01 ` Timur Tabi [this message]
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