Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers.

Oliver Neukum
2008-07-15T16:52:27Z

Am Dienstag 15 Juli 2008 16:40:54 schrieb David Woodhouse:
> On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 08:23 +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > Am Dienstag 15 Juli 2008 08:03:15 schrieb David Woodhouse:
> > > Mostly it follows the documented recommendation, since most of the
> > > touched drivers are USB drivers and you end up re-enumerating and
> > > starting from scratch on resume anyway. And the remainder are so old
> > > that they don't have suspend/resume support anyway. Remember, we're only
> > > really updating the older drivers; newer drivers tend to use
> > > request_firmware() already, and have done for years.
> >
> > As for USB that was before persistance. It now allows you to even
> > support a loss of power without reprobing, provided
> >
> > a) the devices does not change IDs
> > b) you have firmware around when reset_resume() is called
>
> c) the driver in question actually _has_ a reset_resume() method
>
> The old, unloved drivers which I've touched as part of this patch set
> did not. In general the newer, loved drivers use request_firmware()
> already.
>

Generally we love all drivers and welcome new additions.
Which did you touch? I lost track.

Regards
Oliver