on the setup, so I think that the choice on what firmware to make
persistent should be left to userspace.
- - Why register_firmware()+__init can be useful:
- - For boot devices needing firmware.
- - To make the transition easier:
- The firmware can be declared __init and register_firmware()
- called on module_init. Then the firmware is warranted to be
- there even if "firmware hotplug userspace" is not there yet or
- it doesn't yet provide the needed firmware.
- Once the firmware is widely available in userspace, it can be
- removed from the kernel. Or made optional (CONFIG_.*_FIRMWARE).
-
- In either case, if firmware hotplug support is there, it can move the
- firmware out of kernel memory into the real filesystem for later
- usage.
-
- Note: If persistence is implemented on top of initramfs,
- register_firmware() may not be appropriate.
-
*
* Sample code on how to use request_firmware() from drivers.
*
- * Note that register_firmware() is currently useless.
- *
*/
#include <linux/module.h>
#include "linux/firmware.h"
-#define WE_CAN_NEED_FIRMWARE_BEFORE_USERSPACE_IS_AVAILABLE
-#ifdef WE_CAN_NEED_FIRMWARE_BEFORE_USERSPACE_IS_AVAILABLE
-char __init inkernel_firmware[] = "let's say that this is firmware\n";
-#endif
-
static struct device ghost_device = {
.bus_id = "ghost0",
};
static int sample_init(void)
{
-#ifdef WE_CAN_NEED_FIRMWARE_BEFORE_USERSPACE_IS_AVAILABLE
- register_firmware("sample_driver_fw", inkernel_firmware,
- sizeof(inkernel_firmware));
-#endif
device_initialize(&ghost_device);
/* since there is no real hardware insertion I just call the
* sample probe functions here */
static CLASS_ATTR(timeout, 0644, firmware_timeout_show, firmware_timeout_store);
static void fw_class_dev_release(struct class_device *class_dev);
-int firmware_class_uevent(struct class_device *dev, char **envp,
- int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
-static struct class firmware_class = {
- .name = "firmware",
- .uevent = firmware_class_uevent,
- .release = fw_class_dev_release,
-};
-
-int
-firmware_class_uevent(struct class_device *class_dev, char **envp,
- int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int firmware_class_uevent(struct class_device *class_dev, char **envp,
+ int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
{
struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = class_get_devdata(class_dev);
int i = 0, len = 0;
return 0;
}
+static struct class firmware_class = {
+ .name = "firmware",
+ .uevent = firmware_class_uevent,
+ .release = fw_class_dev_release,
+};
+
static ssize_t
firmware_loading_show(struct class_device *class_dev, char *buf)
{
}
}
-/**
- * register_firmware: - provide a firmware image for later usage
- * @name: name of firmware image file
- * @data: buffer pointer for the firmware image
- * @size: size of the data buffer area
- *
- * Make sure that @data will be available by requesting firmware @name.
- *
- * Note: This will not be possible until some kind of persistence
- * is available.
- **/
-void
-register_firmware(const char *name, const u8 *data, size_t size)
-{
- /* This is meaningless without firmware caching, so until we
- * decide if firmware caching is reasonable just leave it as a
- * noop */
-}
-
/* Async support */
struct firmware_work {
struct work_struct work;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(release_firmware);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware_nowait);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_firmware);