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From: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: tg3 driver fails to load firmware (2.6.29)
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:36:04 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49C8E1C4.8010405@msgid.tls.msk.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090324123229.GW12613@charite.de>

Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
> * Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de>:
>> * Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>:
>>>>> Is your userspace configured to use /lib/firmware/2.6.29 or the more
>>>>> usual /lib/firmware/ ?
>>>> Which leads to the next question: How to I find out?
>>> Consult your distribution ? or stick it in both places and see 8)
>> Did that. No workee.
> 
> I mean, loading the firmware is not SOOO important. The thing that
> annoys me is the 60 delay introduced by that.

Damn.

I missed that thing in your initial message.
It's the delay.  It's here!

The thing is that you don't run any hotplug handler.
No udev or mdev.

Hence no on handles that firmware loading request.
Hence the kernel waits and times out...

Oh well.

/mjt

  reply	other threads:[~2009-03-24 13:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-03-24 12:09 tg3 driver fails to load firmware (2.6.29) Ralf Hildebrandt
2009-03-24 12:16 ` Alan Cox
2009-03-24 12:22   ` Ralf Hildebrandt
2009-03-24 12:29     ` Alan Cox
2009-03-24 12:31       ` Ralf Hildebrandt
2009-03-24 12:32         ` Ralf Hildebrandt
2009-03-24 13:36           ` Michael Tokarev [this message]
2009-03-24 12:22 ` Michael Tokarev
2009-03-24 12:23   ` Ralf Hildebrandt
2009-03-24 12:26     ` Ralf Hildebrandt

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