Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6

* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: (46 commits)
  dev_dbg: check dev_dbg() arguments
  drivers/base/attribute_container.c: use mutex instead of binary semaphore
  mod_sysfs_setup() doesn't return errno when kobject_add_dir() failure occurs
  s2ram: add arch irq disable/enable hooks
  define platform wakeup hook, use in pci_enable_wake()
  security: prevent permission checking of file removal via sysfs_remove_group()
  device_schedule_callback() needs a module reference
  s390: cio: Delay uevents for subchannels
  sysfs: bin.c printk fix
  Driver core: use mutex instead of semaphore in DMA pool handler
  driver core: bus_add_driver should return an error if no bus
  debugfs: Add debugfs_create_u64()
  the overdue removal of the mount/umount uevents
  kobject: Comment and warning fixes to kobject.c
  Driver core: warn when userspace writes to the uevent file in a non-supported way
  Driver core: make uevent-environment available in uevent-file
  kobject core: remove rwsem from struct subsystem
  qeth: Remove usage of subsys.rwsem
  PHY: remove rwsem use from phy core
  IEEE1394: remove rwsem use from ieee1394 core
  ...

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index c0a979a5074b..97ab5bd1c4d6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ enum {
 	FW_STATUS_LOADING,
 	FW_STATUS_DONE,
 	FW_STATUS_ABORT,
-	FW_STATUS_READY,
-	FW_STATUS_READY_NOHOTPLUG,
 };
 
 static int loading_timeout = 60;	/* In seconds */
@@ -96,9 +94,6 @@ static int firmware_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int i = 0, len = 0;
 
-	if (!test_bit(FW_STATUS_READY, &fw_priv->status))
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &len,
 			   "FIRMWARE=%s", fw_priv->fw_id))
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -333,6 +328,7 @@ static int fw_register_device(struct device **dev_p, const char *fw_name,
 	f_dev->parent = device;
 	f_dev->class = &firmware_class;
 	dev_set_drvdata(f_dev, fw_priv);
+	f_dev->uevent_suppress = 1;
 	retval = device_register(f_dev);
 	if (retval) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: device_register failed\n",
@@ -382,9 +378,7 @@ static int fw_setup_device(struct firmware *fw, struct device **dev_p,
 	}
 
 	if (uevent)
-                set_bit(FW_STATUS_READY, &fw_priv->status);
-        else
-                set_bit(FW_STATUS_READY_NOHOTPLUG, &fw_priv->status);
+		f_dev->uevent_suppress = 0;
 	*dev_p = f_dev;
 	goto out;