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. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
