Return-path: Received: from lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk ([81.2.110.251]:52929 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753461Ab2ACAUQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jan 2012 19:20:16 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 00:20:48 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: Matthew Garrett Cc: Jack Stone , Linus Torvalds , Alan Stern , Oliver Neukum , Dave Jones , Linux Kernel , Larry Finger , Chaoming Li , "John W. Linville" , Greg Kroah-Hartman , USB list , Linux Wireless List Subject: Re: loading firmware while usermodehelper disabled. Message-ID: <20120103002048.75c0104b@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> (sfid-20120103_012038_953722_AFBFCB7F) In-Reply-To: <20120103001356.GA17183@srcf.ucam.org> References: <20120102211904.GA15316@srcf.ucam.org> <20120102215028.GA15701@srcf.ucam.org> <20120102221235.GA16012@srcf.ucam.org> <20120102222920.GA16160@srcf.ucam.org> <20120102230037.GA16458@srcf.ucam.org> <4F023E6B.2020307@fastmail.fm> <20120103001356.GA17183@srcf.ucam.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > No, the uvcvideo driver would need to call out to load the firmware > loader driver, otherwise you'll never know to load the firmware loader > driver. Does that not simply depend which driver has the relevant USB identifiers ?