Re: CVS commit: src/sys/dev/pci

[Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:

> Module Name:  src
> Committed By: joerg
> Date:         Wed Nov 12 18:23:08 UTC 2008
> 
> Modified Files:
> 
>       src/sys/dev/pci: if_wpi.c if_wpivar.h
> 
> Log Message:
> 
> Cache wpi firmware in memory, free it only on invalid content or when
> the last user is detached. This stops wpi from accessing the disk on
> resume.

Does the overhead of chewing up the RAM permanently (how much? 150kB
for my iwlwifi-3945.ucode) outweigh a disk access or three on resume?

Simon.