On Monday 12 October 2015 15:46:49 Murali Karicheri wrote: > Currently firmware file name is included in the DTS. This is not scalable > as user has to change the DTS if they need upgrade to a new firmware. > Instead, add the firmware file name in the driver itself. As long as there > is no API change, new firmware upgrade is easy and require no driver > change. User is expected to copy the firmware image to the file system > and add a sym link to the new firmware for doing an upgrade. Driver add > a array of firmware file names to search for the available firmware blobs. > This scheme also prepare the driver for future changes to API if ever > happens. In such case it is assumed that driver needs to change to > accommodate the new firmware and new firmware file name will get added to > the array. > > Also update the DT document to remove the firmware attribute and add > description about firmware in the driver documentation. > > Signed-off-by: Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@xxxxxx> > Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Looks good. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
