Re: request_firmware() and in-kernel modules

2007-10-22 Thread Timur Tabi
Greg KH wrote: I'd recommend using the non-blocking mode, that way, when userspace finally gets running, it can handle the firmware events properly, and your kernel code will have not timed out already. Thanks Greg, that did the trick. What the value of FW_ACTION_NOHOTPLUG? If I specify that

Re: request_firmware() and in-kernel modules

2007-10-20 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 12:35:38PM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote: > If my driver is compiled in-kernel (and I have module support turned off), > can I still use request_firmware()? Yes. > If my driver is loaded before the file system drivers are loaded, how > can a user process copy the firmware to th

request_firmware() and in-kernel modules

2007-10-19 Thread Timur Tabi
If my driver is compiled in-kernel (and I have module support turned off), can I still use request_firmware()? If my driver is loaded before the file system drivers are loaded, how can a user process copy the firmware to the /sys/class/firwmare/.../data device? - To unsubscribe from this list