Hi!
> >From: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]>
> >
> >Use a hibernation and suspend notifier to disable the firmware
> >requesting
> >mechanism before a hibernation/suspend and enable it after the
> >operation.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]>
> >
> > drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >++++++
> > 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
>
> I don't like this approach, as I feel that the firmware loading
> interface should be able to detect if a firmware load request is not
> being handled, due to absence of userspace / hotplug handler presence.
I don't think that's possible. If hotplug handler needs /dev/foo, but
/dev/foo is not available, it will just block waiting there.
Pavel
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