Atmel supplies firmware files in ASCII HEX format (.enc) which must be converted before they can be loaded by kernel driver. Try to detect the error and print a friendly error message rather than feeding junk to the bootloader. Signed-off-by: Nick Dyer <nick.dyer@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Benson Leung <bleung@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c index 99ebdec..767050b 100644 --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c @@ -1449,6 +1449,28 @@ done: return error ?: count; } +static int mxt_check_firmware_format(struct device *dev, + const struct firmware *fw) +{ + unsigned int pos = 0; + char c; + + while (pos < fw->size) { + c = *(fw->data + pos); + + if (c < '0' || (c > '9' && c < 'A') || c > 'F') + return 0; + + pos++; + } + + /* To convert file try + * xxd -r -p mXTXXX__APP_VX-X-XX.enc > maxtouch.fw */ + dev_err(dev, "Aborting: firmware file must be in binary format\n"); + + return -1; +} + static int mxt_load_fw(struct device *dev, const char *fn) { struct mxt_data *data = dev_get_drvdata(dev); @@ -1465,6 +1487,11 @@ static int mxt_load_fw(struct device *dev, const char *fn) return ret; } + /* Check for incorrect enc file */ + ret = mxt_check_firmware_format(dev, fw); + if (ret) + goto release_firmware; + ret = mxt_lookup_bootloader_address(data); if (ret) goto release_firmware; -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html