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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/Kconfig | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 15 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig index 00e13ce5cbbd..88500fed3c7a 100644 --- a/drivers/base/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig @@ -149,15 +149,21 @@ config EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR some other directory containing the firmware files. config FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER + bool + +config FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK bool "Fallback user-helper invocation for firmware loading" depends on FW_LOADER - default y + select FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER help This option enables / disables the invocation of user-helper (e.g. udev) for loading firmware files as a fallback after the direct file loading in kernel fails. The user-mode helper is no longer required unless you have a special firmware file that - resides in a non-standard path. + resides in a non-standard path. Moreover, the udev support has + been deprecated upstream. + + If you are unsure about this, say N here. config DEBUG_DRIVER bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages" diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c index d276e33880be..46ea5f4c3bb5 100644 --- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c @@ -100,9 +100,14 @@ static inline long firmware_loading_timeout(void) #define FW_OPT_UEVENT (1U << 0) #define FW_OPT_NOWAIT (1U << 1) #ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER -#define FW_OPT_FALLBACK (1U << 2) +#define FW_OPT_USERHELPER (1U << 2) #else -#define FW_OPT_FALLBACK 0 +#define FW_OPT_USERHELPER 0 +#endif +#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK +#define FW_OPT_FALLBACK FW_OPT_USERHELPER +#else +#define FW_OPT_FALLBACK 0 #endif struct firmware_cache { @@ -1111,7 +1116,7 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name, ret = fw_get_filesystem_firmware(device, fw->priv); if (ret) { - if (opt_flags & FW_OPT_FALLBACK) { + if (opt_flags & FW_OPT_USERHELPER) { dev_warn(device, "Direct firmware load failed with error %d\n", ret); @@ -1171,7 +1176,7 @@ request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name, } EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware); -#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER +#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK /** * request_firmware: - load firmware directly without usermode helper * @firmware_p: pointer to firmware image @@ -1277,7 +1282,7 @@ request_firmware_nowait( fw_work->context = context; fw_work->cont = cont; fw_work->opt_flags = FW_OPT_NOWAIT | FW_OPT_FALLBACK | - (uevent ? FW_OPT_UEVENT : 0); + (uevent ? FW_OPT_UEVENT : FW_OPT_USERHELPER); if (!try_module_get(module)) { kfree(fw_work); |