firmware loader: introduce module parameter to customize(v4) fw search path

This patch introduces one module parameter of 'path' in firmware_class
to support customizing firmware image search path, so that people can
use its own firmware path if the default built-in paths can't meet their
demand[1], and the typical usage is passing the below from kernel command
parameter when 'firmware_class' is built in kernel:

	firmware_class.path=$CUSTOMIZED_PATH

[1], https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/11/337

Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Ming Lei
2012-11-03 17:47:58 +08:00
committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 60dac5e284
commit 2760284206
2 changed files with 21 additions and 1 deletions

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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