From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750780AbVKANDk (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:03:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750783AbVKANDk (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:03:40 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:38335 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750780AbVKANDj (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:03:39 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Eagle and ADI 930 usb adsl modem driver From: David Woodhouse To: Duncan Sands Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, usbatm@lists.infradead.org In-Reply-To: <200511011340.41266.duncan.sands@math.u-psud.fr> References: <4363F9B5.6010907@free.fr> <20051031155803.2e94069f.akpm@osdl.org> <200511011340.41266.duncan.sands@math.u-psud.fr> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:04:02 +0000 Message-Id: <1130850242.21212.29.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 13:40 +0100, Duncan Sands wrote: > this code looks like a 'orrible hack to work around a common problem > with USB modem's of this type: if the modem is plugged in while the > system boots, the driver may look for firmware before the filesystem > holding the firmware is mounted; I guess the delay usually gives > the filesystem enough time to be mounted. I'm told that the correct > solution is to stick the firmware in an initramfs as well. Why can't we request the firmware again when the device is first used, if it wasn't present when the driver was first loaded? -- dwmw2