[PATCH v2] dma: imx-sdma: clarify firmare not found warning

Lothar Waßmann LW at KARO-electronics.de
Tue Jan 21 06:52:00 EST 2014


Hi,

Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 07:59:22AM +0100, Lothar Waßmann wrote:
> > The file is automatically removed after the timeout has expired (or
> > the frimware has been loaded).
> > Thus you must check for it within the timeout period during boot.
> 
> ... which is impossible if imx-sdma is built into the kernel - it
> expires while the initramfs has only just started running, giving a
> very narrow window for userspace to load firmware.
> 
It works for me, but I'm not using initramfs.


Lothar Waßmann
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