Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 14:00:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 14:00:15 -0500 Received: from dclient217-162-80-86.hispeed.ch ([217.162.80.86]:28548 "EHLO gamecube.hb9jnx.ampr.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 14:00:14 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Deprecate exec_usermodehelper, fix request_module. From: Thomas Sailer To: Marcel Holtmann Cc: Rusty Russell , Linux Kernel Mailing List , akpm@zip.com.au, Jose Orlando Pereira , J.E.J.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com In-Reply-To: <1041527666.16046.18.camel@pegasus.local> References: <20030102093637.8C6892C2FB@lists.samba.org> <1041527666.16046.18.camel@pegasus.local> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 (1.0.3-6) Date: 02 Jan 2003 20:08:28 +0100 Message-Id: <1041534508.2074.32.camel@gamecube> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 739 Lines: 19 On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 18:14, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > for the bt3c_cs driver I need to run a user space program that downloads > the firmware into the card and the kernel part have to wait until this > program has finished. So what is the best way to do this now? We all seem to have the same problem 8-) Rusty's new proposal with the wait argument seems to solve our problem, except that it would be nice if there was a way to retrieve the exit status of the user mode helper program. Tom - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/