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. Thanks, Sudeep Dutt _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
