On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:58:35 -0600, Michael E Brown wrote: > On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 03:02:38PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > > > On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:09:25 -0600, Michael E Brown wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 08:04:17PM +0100, Sytse Wielinga wrote: > > > > I've created the simple patch below. I have no idea if it actually > > > > works, > > > > though, as I don't appear to have any hardware for which a linux driver > > > > supports firmware loading. Please comment. > > > > > > You can test this rather easily. Simply modprobe the "dell_rbu" driver. > > > You dont need any special hardware, it should load on any machine. After > > > you have loaded it, check the sysfs path to see if it has the correct > > > path (or some symlink thereof): > > > > > > GOOD: /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/ > > > BAD : /sys/class/firmware/firmware-dell_rbu/loading > > > > This doesn't actually work for me. Loading the dell_rbu driver on a > > non-Dell system doesn't create anything under /sys/class/firmware. > > You have to initialize the driver first before that file appears. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# modprobe dell_rbu > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cd /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dell_rbu]# ll /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/loading > ls: cannot access /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/loading: No such file or > directory > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dell_rbu]# echo -n -e 'init\0' > image_type > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dell_rbu]# ll /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/loading > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2008-02-04 09:57 > /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/loading
Ah, OK, thanks for the hint, it works now. -- Jean Delvare -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
