On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 12:12:34AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 09:05:57PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>
> > Don't use request_firmware, use request_firmware_nowait() instead. That
> > way you never stall. You only want to update the firmware when
> > userspace tells you to, not for every boot like I think this will do.
>
> But the CPU microcode *does* need reloading on each boot, as it's stored
> in volatile memory that goes away on reboot.
Sorry about that, you are right. But this will make the boot process a
bit different than what it currently is, just make sure that the distros
realize this change...
thanks,
greg k-h
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