Newline characters will be taken into account for the firmware search path parameter, warn users about that and provide an example using 'echo -n' such that it clarifies the typical use of that parameter. Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fw_search_path.rst | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 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. -- 2.25.1
