Return-path: Received: from alexa-out.qualcomm.com ([129.46.98.28]:8851 "EHLO alexa-out-lv-02.qualcomm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750938AbdHaMPs (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2017 08:15:48 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: ath10k: activate user space firmware loading again From: Kalle Valo In-Reply-To: <20170824210641.19595-1-hauke@hauke-m.de> References: <20170824210641.19595-1-hauke@hauke-m.de> To: Hauke Mehrtens CC: , , "Hauke Mehrtens" , Michal Kazior Message-ID: <9a6c90a6d5dd431d8e940f619baf7b0c@euamsexm01a.eu.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20170831_141551_299578_BDA5E62C) Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:15:41 +0200 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hauke Mehrtens wrote: > In commit 9f5bcfe93315 ("ath10k: silence firmware file probing > warnings") the firmware loading was changed from request_firmware() to > request_firmware_direct() to silence some warnings in case it fails. > request_firmware_direct() directly searches in the file system only and > does not send a hotplug event to user space in case it could not find > the firmware directly. > In LEDE we use a user space script to extract the calibration data from > the flash memory which gets triggered by the hotplug event. This way the > firmware gets extracted from some vendor specific partition when the > driver requests this firmware. This mechanism does not work any more > after this change. > > Fixes: 9f5bcfe93315 ("ath10k: silence firmware file probing warnings") > Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens > Cc: Michal Kazior > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks. c0cc00f250e1 ath10k: activate user space firmware loading again -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9920973/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches