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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst | 14 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst index 4055ac76b288..f353783ae0be 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Since a device is created for the sysfs interface to help load firmware as a fallback mechanism userspace can be informed of the addition of the device by relying on kobject uevents. The addition of the device into the device hierarchy means the fallback mechanism for firmware loading has been initiated. -For details of implementation refer to _request_firmware_load(), in particular +For details of implementation refer to fw_load_sysfs_fallback(), in particular on the use of dev_set_uevent_suppress() and kobject_uevent(). The kernel's kobject uevent mechanism is implemented in lib/kobject_uevent.c, diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst index cc0aea880824..cf4516dfbf96 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst @@ -44,6 +44,20 @@ request_firmware_nowait .. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/firmware_class.c :functions: request_firmware_nowait +Special optimizations on reboot +=============================== + +Some devices have an optimization in place to enable the firmware to be +retained during system reboot. When such optimizations are used the driver +author must ensure the firmware is still available on resume from suspend, +this can be done with firmware_request_cache() insted of requesting for the +firmare to be loaded. + +firmware_request_cache() +----------------------- +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/firmware_class.c + :functions: firmware_request_cache + request firmware API expected driver use ======================================== |