Re: [PATCH] request_firmware: skip timeout if userspace was notnotified

[Cornelia Huck]

On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:57:52 +0200,
Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The real fix would be to change the driver not to block in the firmware
> request and use async version of firmware loading.

I guess some drivers want to fail the probe if they can't get the
firmware. This sounds like the "some parts of ->probe may take ages and
block everything else" problem again...
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