Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264496AbTEPQzF (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 May 2003 12:55:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264498AbTEPQzF (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 May 2003 12:55:05 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:23974 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264496AbTEPQzC (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 May 2003 12:55:02 -0400 Subject: Re: request_firmware() hotplug interface, third round. From: Alan Cox To: Oliver Neukum Cc: ranty@debian.org, LKML , Simon Kelley , "Downing, Thomas" , Greg KH , jt@hpl.hp.com, Pavel Roskin In-Reply-To: <200305161007.31335.oliver@neukum.org> References: <20030515200324.GB12949@ranty.ddts.net> <200305161007.31335.oliver@neukum.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1053101342.5589.5.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 16 May 2003 17:09:03 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 688 Lines: 15 On Gwe, 2003-05-16 at 09:07, Oliver Neukum wrote: > So, if I understand you correctly, RAM is only saved if a device > is hotpluggable and needs firmware only upon intial connection. > Which, if you do suspend to disk correctly, is no device. Thats just because the interface is a little warped not the theory. On a resume you need to reload firmware and you already handle rediscovery on USB bus for example because the devices can change - 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/