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Re: [systemd-devel] [PATCH] Change CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER to default n and don't select it

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On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Maarten Lankhorst
<m.b.lankhorst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Op 05-08-13 18:29, Andy Lutomirski schreef:
>> The systemd commit below can delay firmware loading by multiple
>> minutes if CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=y.  Unfortunately no one
>> noticed that the systemd-udev change would break new kernels as well
>> as old kernels.
>>
>> Since the kernel apparently can't count on reasonable userspace
>> support, turn this thing off by default.
>>
>> commit a3bd8447be4ea2ce230eb8ae0e815c04d85fa15a
>> Author: Tom Gundersen <teg@xxxxxxx>
>> Date:   Mon Mar 18 15:12:18 2013 +0100
>>
>>     udev: make firmware loading optional and disable by default
>>
>>     Distros that whish to support old kernels should set
>>       --with-firmware-dirs="/usr/lib/firmware/updates:/usr/lib/firmware"
>>     to retain the old behaviour.
>>
> methinks this patch should be reverted then,

Well, all the code is still there, so it can be enabled if anyone wants it.

> or a stub should be added to udev to always fail firmware loading so timeouts don't occur.

I think the only use (if any) of a userspace firmware loader would be
for anyone who wants a custom one (i.e., not udev), so we shouldn't
just fail the loading from udev unconditionally.

How about we just improve the udev documentation a bit, similar to
Andy's kernel patch?

Cheers,

Tom
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