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@@ -22,12 +22,17 @@
- calls request_firmware(&fw_entry, $FIRMWARE, device)
- kernel searchs the fimware image with name $FIRMWARE directly
in the below search path of root filesystem:
+ User customized search path by module parameter 'path'[1]
"/lib/firmware/updates/" UTS_RELEASE,
"/lib/firmware/updates",
"/lib/firmware/" UTS_RELEASE,
"/lib/firmware"
- If found, goto 7), else goto 2)
+ [1], the 'path' is a string parameter which length should be less
+ than 256, user should pass 'firmware_class.path=$CUSTOMIZED_PATH'
+ if firmware_class is built in kernel(the general situation)
+
2), userspace:
- /sys/class/firmware/xxx/{loading,data} appear.
- hotplug gets called with a firmware identifier in $FIRMWARE