On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 11:41:03AM -0700, Sudeep Dutt wrote: > On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 22:01 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 04:41:55PM -0700, Sudeep Dutt wrote: > > > +What: /sys/class/mic/mic(x)/firmware > > > +Date: August 2013 > > > +KernelVersion: 3.11 > > > +Contact: Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.d...@intel.com> > > > +Description: > > > + When read, this sysfs entry provides the path name under > > > + /lib/firmware/ where the firmware image to be booted on the > > > + card can be found. The entry can be written to change the > > > + firmware image location under /lib/firmware/. > > > > I don't understand, is the path under the HOST device, or the Client > > device's disk? Why do you need to change the path on the HOST? What's > > wrong with the existing firmware path selection we have in the kernel? > > > > The path is on the host. The card does not have a physical persistent > disk device. Our customers like the flexibility of changing the card > firmware/ramdisk contents and file names for individual MIC cards. This > flexibility is not possible with a static set of firmware file names in > the kernel for all cards. > > Once the firmware/ramdisk path under /lib/firmware/ is set up via sysfs, > card boot is initiated via the "state" sysfs entry. The host driver then > obtains the contents of the firmware and ramdisk via the standard > request_firmware(..) interface, copies the contents to card memory and > interrupts the card BIOS to initiate boot.
So this is really a "filename" that might contain some directories as well, right? The fact you used "path" confused me, as that doesn't usually imply a filename. And is the "firmware" just the initramfs image for the kernel to boot? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
