From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261377AbVFHQNb (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jun 2005 12:13:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261379AbVFHQLf (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jun 2005 12:11:35 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:14476 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261345AbVFHQKJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jun 2005 12:10:09 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 09:09:54 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Abhay_Salunke@Dell.com Cc: dtor_core@ameritech.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, Matt_Domsch@Dell.com, ranty@debian.org Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.12-rc3] modifications in firmware_class.c to support nohotplug Message-ID: <20050608160954.GB1122@kroah.com> References: <367215741E167A4CA813C8F12CE0143B0283F1FC@ausx2kmpc115.aus.amer.dell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <367215741E167A4CA813C8F12CE0143B0283F1FC@ausx2kmpc115.aus.amer.dell.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 11:04:09AM -0500, Abhay_Salunke@Dell.com wrote: > > I think it would be better if you just have request_firmware and > > request_firmware_nowait accept timeout parameter that would override > > default timeout in firmware_class. 0 would mean use default, > > MAX_SCHED_TIMEOUT - wait indefinitely. > > But we still need to avoid hotplug being invoked as we need it be a > manual process. No, hotplug can happen just fine (it happens loads of times today for things that people don't care about.) thanks, greg k-h