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@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ Suppose, however, that the firmware file is located on a filesystem accessible
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only through another device that hasn't been resumed yet. In that case,
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request_firmware() will fail regardless of whether or not the freezing of tasks
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is used. Consequently, the problem is not really related to the freezing of
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-tasks, since it generally exists anyway. [The solution to this particular
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-problem is to keep the firmware in memory after it's loaded for the first time
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-and upload if from memory to the device whenever necessary.]
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+tasks, since it generally exists anyway.
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+
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+A driver must have all firmwares it may need in RAM before suspend() is called.
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+If keeping them is not practical, for example due to their size, they must be
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+requested early enough using the suspend notifier API described in notifiers.txt.
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