Re: [PATCH] USB: add Sensoray 2255 v4l driver

[Oliver Neukum]

Am Donnerstag 15 Mai 2008 13:38:37 schrieb Oliver Neukum:
> 3. The firmware stuff. That's an interesting solution. However:

Actually, on second thought, I take that back. It's a bad solution.
If you don't want to do it in probe(), the only other sensible place
is in open(). That way you can avoid the whole trouble if nobody
opens the device. And you need to handle the case of unloaded
firmware anyway, so you can trigger firmware load there.

	Regards
		Oliver

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