On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 12:57 AM, Ilia Mirkin <imirkin at alum.mit.edu> wrote: > Why did you change request_firmware to request_firmware_direct?
request_firmware() outputs an error message if the firmware file does not exist, whereas request_firmware_direct() doesn't. Since the firmware file can be in one of two locations, that seems to be the most appropriate behavior. However, request_firmware_direct() also does not invoke the userspace helper. In the case of Nouveau I don't believe we need this, but if I overlooked something let me know and I will think of something else.
