Re: [PATCH] firmware: Make user-mode helper optional

2013-01-25 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:12:03 +0800, Ming Lei wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > Since 3.7 kernel, the firmware loader can read the firmware files > > directly, and the traditional user-mode helper is invoked only as a > > fallback. This seems working pretty well,

Re: [PATCH] firmware: Make user-mode helper optional

2013-01-24 Thread Ming Lei
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Takashi Iwai wrote: > Since 3.7 kernel, the firmware loader can read the firmware files > directly, and the traditional user-mode helper is invoked only as a > fallback. This seems working pretty well, and the next step would be > to reduce the redundant user-mode

[PATCH] firmware: Make user-mode helper optional

2013-01-22 Thread Takashi Iwai
Since 3.7 kernel, the firmware loader can read the firmware files directly, and the traditional user-mode helper is invoked only as a fallback. This seems working pretty well, and the next step would be to reduce the redundant user-mode helper stuff in future. This patch is a preparation for that