request_firmware_cache() will ensure the firmware is available on resume from suspend if on reboot the device retains the firmware.
This optimization is in place given otherwise on reboot we have to reload the firmware, the opmization saves us about max 1s, minimum 10ms. Cantabile has reported back this fixes his woes with both suspend and hibernation. Reported-by: Cantabile <cantabile.d...@gmail.com> Tested-by: Cantabile <cantabile.d...@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcg...@kernel.org> --- drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/mcu.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/mcu.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/mcu.c index 65a8004418ea..b90456a4b4d7 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/mcu.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/mcu.c @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static int mt7601u_load_firmware(struct mt7601u_dev *dev) MT_USB_DMA_CFG_TX_BULK_EN)); if (firmware_running(dev)) - return 0; + return request_firmware_cache(dev->dev, MT7601U_FIRMWARE); ret = request_firmware(&fw, MT7601U_FIRMWARE, dev->dev); if (ret) -- 2.16.2