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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
