Re: udev 182: response timeout for request_firmware in module_probepath

[Alan Cox]

> IMO, the driver probing path is allowed to sleep, so looks request firmware
> should be allowed inside .probe().

I'm not convinced about that. It can sleep but its holding various locks
in most cases, and it looks like that can end up in a complete heap.

By all means *request* the firmware asynchronously in the probe, but
there needs to be a seperate method somewhere after the probe to finish
the job once the firmware appears.

Alan
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