how to keep firmware loaded

[lee]

poma <pomidorabelisima at gmail.com> writes:

> 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.

That's what I'm trying.


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