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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-04-04 19:41:45 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-04-04 19:41:45 -0700
commit38047d5c269bbdedf900fc86954913f3dffa01f1 (patch)
treed13a60a51065852d16a3a5182293224518520cb5 /Documentation
parentdf34df483a97b1591a3e90a6941f99fe9f863508 (diff)
parent1fe56e0cafd7e4cf26f3582aad0c7705fceff498 (diff)
Merge tag 'driver-core-4.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core
Pull driver core updates from Greg KH: "Here is the "big" set of driver core patches for 4.17-rc1. There's really not much here, just a bunch of firmware code refactoring from Luis as he attempts to wrangle that codebase into something that is managable, along with a bunch of userspace tests for it. Other than that, a handful of small bugfixes and reverts of things that didn't work out. Full details are in the shortlog, it's not all that much. All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported issues" * tag 'driver-core-4.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (30 commits) drivers: base: remove check for callback in coredump_store() mt7601u: use firmware_request_cache() to address cache on reboot firmware: add firmware_request_cache() to help with cache on reboot firmware: fix typo on pr_info_once() when ignore_sysfs_fallback is used firmware: explicitly include vmalloc.h firmware: ensure the firmware cache is not used on incompatible calls test_firmware: modify custom fallback tests to use unique files firmware: add helper to check to see if fw cache is setup firmware: fix checking for return values for fw_add_devm_name() rename: _request_firmware_load() fw_load_sysfs_fallback() test_firmware: test three firmware kernel configs using a proc knob test_firmware: expand on library with shared helpers firmware: enable to force disable the fallback mechanism at run time firmware: enable run time change of forcing fallback loader firmware: move firmware loader into its own directory firmware: split firmware fallback functionality into its own file firmware: move loading timeout under struct firmware_fallback_config firmware: use helpers for setting up a temporary cache timeout firmware: simplify CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK further drivers: base: add description for .coredump() callback ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst14
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
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