A solution has been proposed by mathieu castet that should be discussed

• there's a possibility : https://mail.gna.org/public/eagleusb-dev/2004-10/msg00087.html
  • extract firmware to gain room in the module
  • possibility of keeping older firmware for older modems in the driver (if it is free...)
• some disadvantages
  • see https://mail.gna.org/public/eagleusb-dev/2004-10/msg00062.html (french) loading too late the firmware after the modem is on, makes the

modem go berserk

• hotplug should not be necessary (is it ?)

hotplug is not actually necessary. It should not be more necessary with external loading of the firmware.
The time given to load the firmware is more than a few seconds.

I feel that the point of loading a firmware inside a dsl modem will be in discussion in a short time as speedtch module integrated in the linux kernel will move to this solution (no more use of modem_run).

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