Re: [PATCH] r8169: keep firmware in memory.

From: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:07:53 +0100

The firmware agent is not available during resume. Loading the firmware
during open() (see eee3a96c6368f47df8df5bd4ed1843600652b337) is not
enough.

close() is run during resume through rtl8169_reset_task(), whence the
mildly natural release of firmware in the driver removal method instead.

It will help with http://bugs.debian.org/609538. It will not avoid
the 60 seconds delay when:
- there is no firmware
- the driver is loaded and the device is not up before a suspend/resume

Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
Tested-by: Jarek Kamiński <redacted>
Cc: Hayes <redacted>
Cc: Ben Hutchings <redacted>

Applied.