https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40952 --- Comment #10 from Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 2011-08-25 22:43:53 --- On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:25 PM, <bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Interestingly, the RS780 managed to load its firmware (also all compiled into > the kernel) even w/o this patch. Does the R600+ driver perhaps load firmware only at open time? The problem with the r100 driver is that it loads firmware very early on, at driver init time. Generally it's *much* better if you request the firmware when the device is actually opened, rather than when the driver loads. Linus -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching the assignee of the bug. _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
