> Drivers that load firmware from their probe routine have problems with the > latest versions of udev as they get timeouts while waiting for user > space to start. The problem is fixed by using request_firmware_nowait() > and delaying the start of mac80211 until the firmware is loaded. > > To prevent the possibility of the driver being unloaded while the firmware > loading callback is still active, a completion queue entry is used. > > Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > This conversion of p54spi to use asynchronous firmware loading is based > on the method used in p54usb. As I do not have the hardware, it is only > compile tested. I would appreciate any feedback from people that have the > hardware. Hi, Larry. Are there any prerequisites for this patch? For now I'm applying it to the linux-omap ToT and having the following: <7>[ 2.968048] calling p54spi_init+0x0/0x30 [p54spi] @ 456 <4>[ 2.973937] ------------[ cut here ]------------ <4>[ 2.974090] WARNING: at /home/dumb/ws/osll/n8x0/linux-3.3/linux-omap-2.6/fs/sysfs/dir.c:481 sysfs_add_one+0x74/0x9c() <4>[ 2.974212] sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/platform/omap/omap2_mcspi.2/spi_master/spi2/spi2.0/firmware/spi2.0' <4>[ 2.974334] Modules linked in: p54spi(+) <4>[ 2.974487] [<c00182bc>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xe4) from [<c002ef0c>] (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x64) <4>[ 2.974670] [<c002ef0c>] (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x64) from [<c002efa4>] (warn_slowpath_fmt+0x2c/0x3c) <4>[ 2.974792] [<c002efa4>] (warn_slowpath_fmt+0x2c/0x3c) from [<c00e5888>] (sysfs_add_one+0x74/0x9c) <4>[ 2.974945] [<c00e5888>] (sysfs_add_one+0x74/0x9c) from [<c00e6290>] (create_dir+0x5c/0xac) <4>[ 2.975067] [<c00e6290>] (create_dir+0x5c/0xac) from [<c00e6394>] (sysfs_create_dir+0xb4/0xcc) <4>[ 2.975219] [<c00e6394>] (sysfs_create_dir+0xb4/0xcc) from [<c0142ce8>] (kobject_add_internal+0xe4/0x1c0) <4>[ 2.975372] [<c0142ce8>] (kobject_add_internal+0xe4/0x1c0) from [<c0142f30>] (kobject_add+0x44/0x54) <4>[ 2.975494] [<c0142f30>] (kobject_add+0x44/0x54) from [<c0193c98>] (device_add+0xe0/0x530) <4>[ 2.975646] [<c0193c98>] (device_add+0xe0/0x530) from [<c019f184>] (_request_firmware+0x190/0x394) <4>[ 2.975799] [<c019f184>] (_request_firmware+0x190/0x394) from [<c019f3c8>] (request_firmware_work_func+0x40/0x78) <4>[ 2.975952] [<c019f3c8>] (request_firmware_work_func+0x40/0x78) from [<c00473cc>] (kthread+0x88/0x94) <4>[ 2.976135] [<c00473cc>] (kthread+0x88/0x94) from [<c0013844>] (kernel_thread_exit+0x0/0x8) <4>[ 2.976226] ---[ end trace 181b959cc0c448db ]--- <3>[ 2.976318] kobject_add_internal failed for spi2.0 with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory. <4>[ 2.976501] [<c00182bc>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xe4) from [<c0142d84>] (kobject_add_internal+0x180/0x1c0) <4>[ 2.976654] [<c0142d84>] (kobject_add_internal+0x180/0x1c0) from [<c0142f30>] (kobject_add+0x44/0x54) <4>[ 2.976776] [<c0142f30>] (kobject_add+0x44/0x54) from [<c0193c98>] (device_add+0xe0/0x530) <4>[ 2.976928] [<c0193c98>] (device_add+0xe0/0x530) from [<c019f184>] (_request_firmware+0x190/0x394) <4>[ 2.977081] [<c019f184>] (_request_firmware+0x190/0x394) from [<c019f3c8>] (request_firmware_work_func+0x40/0x78) <4>[ 2.977233] [<c019f3c8>] (request_firmware_work_func+0x40/0x78) from [<c00473cc>] (kthread+0x88/0x94) <4>[ 2.977386] [<c00473cc>] (kthread+0x88/0x94) from [<c0013844>] (kernel_thread_exit+0x0/0x8) <3>[ 2.977508] p54spi spi2.0: fw_create_instance: device_register failed <3>[ 2.977600] p54spi spi2.0: Firmware loading failed <3>[ 3.104492] firmware spi2.0: firmware_loading_store: vmap() failed <6>[ 3.108337] p54spi spi2.0: loading default eeprom... <6>[ 3.108764] ieee80211 phy0: hwaddr 00:02:ee:c0:ff:ee, MAC:isl3820 RF:Longbow -- Thanks. -- Max -- 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
