On Fri, 2013-09-06 at 12:04 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > 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.dutt@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > +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. > Yes, it is a filename that might contain some directories. We will fix up the documentation here to read filename in future patches. > And is the "firmware" just the initramfs image for the kernel to boot? > The firmware is usually a Linux kernel. The ramdisk is usually an initramfs image. We have separate sysfs entries for firmware and ramdisk filenames. Thanks, Sudeep Dutt > thanks, > > greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
