HI! > The main problem here is: request_firmware(). Drivers tend to use that > synchronous interface to request a firmware from userland. In our case, > that mean they would deadlock (or timeout) and fail... > > There is an asynchronous version of request_firmware() that perfectly > fits, however, it makes things slightly more complicated for drivers > wanting to use it, so I suspect unless told to do so using brute force, > drivers maintainers won't go that way. Which basically means deprecating > request_firmware() in favor of request_firmware_nowait(). Actually, request_firmware_nowait does not help. Userland would see non-functional hardware after resume but before request_firmware_nowait() is done. That would hurt for example with nfsroot and firmware over nfs, or just general confusion "why is this f***ing network card broken". Solution seems to be "do request_firmware before suspend begins, and cache it in memory". Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl!
