brcmsmac: request firmware in .start() callback
authorArend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Thu, 4 Apr 2013 10:10:10 +0000 (12:10 +0200)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:35:04 +0000 (14:35 -0400)
commit25b5632fb35ca61b8ae3eee235edcdc2883f7a5e
treeaf0b4a0b32d6a9d05f8214f825964129658f4c43
parent1527c343c12f3a2aae532aa881d12c6fbf8749f4
brcmsmac: request firmware in .start() callback

The firmware is requested from user-space. To assure the request
is handled it is recommended to do the request upon IFF_UP. For
a mac80211 driver the .start() callback can be considered the
equivalent.

Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieterpg@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Piotr Haber <phaber@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c