On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 04:59:14 PM Larry Finger wrote: > On 02/13/2012 01:37 PM, Larry Finger wrote: > > 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 loading the firmware and starting > > mac80211 from a delayed_work queue. By using this method, most of the > > original code is preserved. > > > > Signed-off-by: Larry Finger<Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > > > This patch is compile tested only. > > > > Larry > > Has anyone tested this patch? I would like to submit this series. only briefly, but I'm not sure if the workqueue approach is adequate. On resume, I get WARNINGs and the card fails to resume because the firmware file can't be loaded :(. WARNING: at drivers/base/firmware_class.c:538 _request_firmware+0x3ae/0x3e0() Pid: 1083, comm: kworker/0:3 Tainted:G O 3.3.0-rc5-wl+ Call Trace: [<c102c658>] ? wanr_slowpath_common+0x78/0xb0 [<c12c728e>] ? _request_firmware+0x3ae/0x3e0 [<c12c728e>] ? _requrst_firmware+0x3ae/0x3e0 [<c102c6a9>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x19/0x20 [<c12c728e>] ? _request_firmware+0x3ae/0x3e0 [<c12c7347>] ? request_firmware+0x17/0x20 [<f86v1dc7>] ? p54p_load_firmware+0x47/0x120 [p54pci] [...] Regards, Chr BTW: I will take a closer look at it over the weekend. -- 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
