Index: drivers/base/firmware_class.c
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RCS file: /home/cvs/linux-2.5/drivers/base/firmware_class.c,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.3 drivers/base/firmware_class.c
--- drivers/base/firmware_class.c	4 Jul 2003 02:21:18 -0000	1.3
+++ drivers/base/firmware_class.c	26 Jul 2003 08:38:07 -0000
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
 static int loading_timeout = 10;	/* In seconds */
+static struct workqueue_struct *firmware_wq;
+
 
 struct firmware_priv {
 	char fw_id[FIRMWARE_NAME_MAX];
@@ -467,7 +469,7 @@
 	};
 	INIT_WORK(&fw_work->work, request_firmware_work_func, fw_work);
 
-	schedule_work(&fw_work->work);
+	queue_work(firmware_wq, &fw_work->work);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -485,12 +487,20 @@
 		       __FUNCTION__);
 		class_unregister(&firmware_class);
 	}
+	firmware_wq = create_workqueue("firmware");
+	if (!firmware_wq) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: create_workqueue failed\n", __FUNCTION__);
+		class_remove_file(&firmware_class, &class_attr_timeout);
+		class_unregister(&firmware_class);
+		error = -EIO;
+	}
 	return error;
 
 }
 static void __exit
 firmware_class_exit(void)
 {
+	destroy_workqueue(firmware_wq);
 	class_remove_file(&firmware_class, &class_attr_timeout);
 	class_unregister(&firmware_class);
 }