[linux-dvb] Re: refactoring

[Andrew de Quincey <adq_dvb@lidskialf.net>]

On Thursday 07 Oct 2004 09:48, Gerd Knorr wrote:
> Holger Waechtler <holger@qanu.de> writes:
> > > Several of them load the firmware in the attach() function. Its also
> > > a good place to setup any internal state the demodulator might need.
> >
> > wouldn't be init() the better place for firmware uploads? Since this
> > is called at wakeup after sleep it will also work for USB devices
> > which get completely powered-down.
>
> Yep, with suspend and the like in mind you'll certainly want to
> separate attach and hardware initialization as you have to re-setup
> the hardware when coming back from suspend ...

IMO that is a specific frontend fix to be done once the general refactoring is 
done.