https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40952
--- Comment #6 from James Cloos cloos@jhcloos.com 2011-08-24 23:54:29 ---
Ok, that fix is committed as caca9510ff4e ("firmware loader: allow builtin firmware load even if usermodehelper is disabled").
Please verify that it does fix it, and close this bug if so.
Will do, just as soon as it hits hera. (Not there yet.)