> > Not only swap, but any file opened for writing may be written to
> > if you allocate memory.
>
> If a file is opened for writing, it doesn't matter whether you allocate
> memory or not, it still may be written to. Sync, journalling, that
> process dirtying more pages, whatever.
Exactly. But you deadlock only if the firmware download blocks on such a
write.
Ordinarily you can just wait until the firmware has been downloaded.
That this is currently not implemented is unfortunately true and warrants a
seperate discussion.
Regards
Oliver
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