REQUEST_FIRMWARE
Section: Device drivers infrastructure (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
request_firmware - send firmware request and wait for it
SYNOPSIS
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int request_firmware(const struct firmware ** firmware_p, const char * name, struct device * device);
ARGUMENTS
firmware_p
-
- pointer to firmware image
name
-
name of firmware file
device
-
device for which firmware is being loaded
DESCRIPTION
firmware_p
will be used to return a firmware image by the name of
name
for device
device.
Should be called from user context where sleeping is allowed.
name
will be used as
$FIRMWARE
in the uevent environment and should be distinctive enough not to be confused with any other firmware image for this or any other device.
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