Re: [PATCH] Eagle and ADI 930 usb adsl modem driver

From: matthieu castet
Date: Wed Nov 02 2005 - 16:18:08 EST


matthieu castet wrote:
Hi Greg,
+/*
+ * sometime hotplug don't have time to give the firmware the
+ * first time, retry it.
+ */
+static int sleepy_request_firmware(const struct firmware **fw, + const char *name, struct device *dev)
+{
+ if (request_firmware(fw, name, dev) == 0)
+ return 0;
+ msleep(1000);
+ return request_firmware(fw, name, dev);
+}



No, use the async firmware download mode instead of this. That will
solve all of your problems.


Thanks, but does userspace will retry if it fails the first time ?
The device needs the firmware quickly and after 3-5 seconds without it, it goes berserk.

In request_firmware_nowait, when kernel_thread failed, where fw_work is freed ?
Aren't there a memleack ?

Matthieu

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