> > This driver implements ioctl and interfaces with intel scu ipc driver. It > > is used to access pmic/msic registers from user space and firmware update > > utility. > Why is an ioctl used for updating the firmware? > Why isn't request_firmware(..) via: > /lib/firmware/... > used? Because you would then still need an ioctl to say "go do the upload" This firmware is flashed into the device, it isn't loaded into memory and then used by the device. It's not the kind of thing you want to get wrong or automate behind someone's back. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe platform-driver-x86" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
