RE: [patch 2.6.12-rc3] modifications in firmware_class.c to support nohotplug

[<Abhay_Salunke@Dell.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@kroah.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 11:10 AM
> To: Salunke, Abhay
> Cc: dtor_core@ameritech.net; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
akpm@osdl.org;
> Domsch, Matt; ranty@debian.org
> Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.12-rc3] modifications in firmware_class.c to
> support nohotplug
> 
> 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.)
> 
If hotplug happens the complete function is called which makes the
request_firmware return with a failure. 

Abhay
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