brcmfmac: introduce asynchronous firmware loading
The driver needs firmware to be loaded to the device, which is done through the firmware class API. The synchronous call request_firmware() need root filesystem to be mounted and/or user-mode helper. These may not be avaliable on the moment it is called. Instead use request_firmware_nowait(). Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@broadcom.com> Reviewed-by: Franky (Zhenhui) Lin <frankyl@broadcom.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel (Deognyoun) Kim <dekim@broadcom.com> Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieterpg@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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