Am Dienstag, 5. Dezember 2006 16:54 schrieb Duncan Sands:
 
> it is helpful for devices that want to upload firmware in their probe
> method.  Getting the firmware from the firmware subsystem can take a long
> time (due to timeouts for example, which may be infinite, or because it is
> waiting for a filesystem to be mounted etc).  Parallel probing keeps the rest
> of the USB subsystem running while that device is waiting, which is 
> particularly
> important if the filesystem you are waiting for is on a USB device, since
> otherwise it could be a deadlock!

No, the number of times you can spawn of a new thread is limited.
You must be able to cope with that. The configuration you described
is buggy.

        Regards
                Oliver

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