how to keep firmware loaded

[poma]

On 20.06.2014 21:25, lee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> how do I make it so that the firmware for a particular device doesn't
> get unloaded when the device is no longer in use?
>
> Apparently the firmware is unloaded when the device becomes unused.  At
> least it is loaded again when the device is used again; messages in
> dmesg show that the firmware is loaded again.  There are no messages
> about unloading the firmware, so I don't know whether it is actually
> unloaded or not.
>
> Loading the firmware again (or unloading it) seems to cause problems
> with the device.  So I would like to load the firmware once and keep it
> loaded, without any more attempts to load it once it has been loaded.
>

Only you know how to complicate like this. :)
Why not solve the problem with the device, entirely.
What is that device, a telescope?


poma