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Re: calling request_firmware() from module init will not work with recent/future udev versions

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On 01/14/2012 11:58 AM, John W. Linville wrote:
Kay, thanks for the reports.  Drivers should definitely be loading
firmware at IFF_UP time.

As the maintainer for several drivers with this problem, I need to make some changes. What call from mac80211 corresponds to IFF_UP?

I have looked into using asynchronous firmware loading, but I have not yet found a good implementation.

Larry


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