On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Dan Mick <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 02/23/11 09:01 PM, Cyril Plisko wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 2:22 AM, Dan Mick<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Don't see why it needs to be a kernel call; if you want "no user
>>> intervention", make an SMF service...
>>>
>>
>> Would it work for driver for boot device as well ?
>>
>
> Depends on what updating the firmware does, I suppose.  If it disables the
> device, then clearly the OS can't be using the device at the time, but
> that's true of any method that's not pre-OS, right?

Probably. However, ddi_modopen() seems to be less error-prone.
(I.e. what happens if user mistakenly disables the FW loading service ?
The problem will be noticed only on next reboot, and at that point the
connection
between the disabled service and malfunctioned device may be be not so obvious)




-- 
Regards,
        Cyril
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