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Re: [RFC] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on init or probe

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On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 01:28:27PM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
> <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> wrote:
> > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com>
> >
> > We are phasing out the usermode helper from the kernel,
> > systemd already ripped support for this a while ago, the
> > only remaining valid user is the Dell rbu driver. The
> 
> Actually, I don't think that is accurate any longer.  The Dell rbu
> driver certainly requires this, but it seems that the following
> drivers select FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK as well:
> 
> CONFIG_DRM_STI
> CONFIG_LEDS_LP55XX_COMMON
> 
> Why they do that, I have no idea.  It's kind of disappointing.

What The Flying-hipster-typewriters! Indeed. With more reason to
put the user mode helper to sleep sooner rather than later.

  Luis
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[RFC] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on init or probe "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-29 03:20 +0200
  Re: [RFC] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on init or  probe Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2015-08-29 18:20 +0200
    Re: [RFC] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on init or  probe "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com> - 2015-09-03 03:40 +0200
      Re: [RFC] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on init or  probe Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2015-09-03 08:00 +0200
  Re: [RFC] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on init or probe Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org> - 2015-09-01 19:30 +0200
    Re: [RFC] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on init or  probe "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com> - 2015-09-03 03:40 +0200
  Re: [Cocci] [RFC] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on  init or probe SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2015-09-03 13:50 +0200

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