Re: calling request_firmware() from module init will not work with recent/future udev versions
From: Larry Finger <hidden>
Date: 2012-01-14 18:20:19
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On 01/14/2012 11:58 AM, John W. Linville wrote:
Kay, thanks for the reports. Drivers should definitely be loading firmware at IFF_UP time.
As the maintainer for several drivers with this problem, I need to make some changes. What call from mac80211 corresponds to IFF_UP? I have looked into using asynchronous firmware loading, but I have not yet found a good implementation. Larry