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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/driver-api/firmware')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fw_search_path.rst | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fw_upload.rst | 3 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fw_search_path.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fw_search_path.rst index a360f1009fa3..d7cb1e8f0076 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fw_search_path.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fw_search_path.rst @@ -22,5 +22,10 @@ can use the file: * /sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path -You would echo into it your custom path and firmware requested will be -searched for there first. +You would echo into it your custom path and firmware requested will be searched +for there first. Be aware that newline characters will be taken into account +and may not produce the intended effects. For instance you might want to use: + +echo -n /path/to/script > /sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path + +to ensure that your script is being used. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fw_upload.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fw_upload.rst index 76922591e446..edf1d0c5e7c3 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fw_upload.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fw_upload.rst @@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ function calls firmware_upload_unregister() such as:: len = (truncate) ? truncate - fw_name : strlen(fw_name); sec->fw_name = kmemdup_nul(fw_name, len, GFP_KERNEL); - fwl = firmware_upload_register(sec->dev, sec->fw_name, &m10bmc_ops, sec); + fwl = firmware_upload_register(THIS_MODULE, sec->dev, sec->fw_name, + &m10bmc_ops, sec); if (IS_ERR(fwl)) { dev_err(sec->dev, "Firmware Upload driver failed to start\n"); kfree(sec->fw_name); |