kernel/linux.git/drivers/base/firmware_class.c, branch linux-2.6.28.y

firmware: use dev_printk when possible

2008-10-16T18:21:47+00:00

Convert printks to use dev_printk(). Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: David Woodhouse Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

firmware: use memory_read_from_buffer()

2008-07-25T17:53:44+00:00

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Markus Rechberger Cc: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

firmware: allow firmware files to be built into kernel image

2008-07-10T13:30:13+00:00

Some drivers have their own hacks to bypass the kernel's firmware loader and build their firmware into the kernel; this renders those unnecessary. Other drivers don't use the firmware loader at all, because they always want the firmware to be available. This allows them to start using the firmware loader. A third set of drivers already use the firmware loader, but can't be used without help from userspace, which sometimes requires an initrd. This allows them to work in a static kernel. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

firmware: make fw->data const

2008-07-10T13:29:25+00:00

In preparation for supporting firmware files linked into the static kernel, make fw->data const to ensure that users aren't modifying it (so that we can pass a pointer to the original in-kernel copy, rather than having to copy it). Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

firmware loader: printk when requesting firmware

2008-04-29T15:06:05+00:00

Before requesting firmware, printk a message saying what we're requesting. This makes it easier to see what's going on, and provides an explanation for the huge silent delay that one would otherwise get after accidentally building ipw2200 as a non-module. Cc: Greg KH Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

driver core: replace remaining FUNCTION occurrences

2008-04-20T02:10:29+00:00

__FUNCTION__ is gcc-specific, use __func__ Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Driver core: Revert "Fix Firmware class name collision"

2008-02-07T19:31:46+00:00

This reverts commit 109f0e93b6b728f03c1eb4af02bc25d71b646c59. The original patch breaks BIOS updates on all Dell machines. The path to the firmware file for the dell_rbu driver changes, which breaks all of the userspace tools which rely on it. Note that this patch re-introduces a problem with i2c name collision that was previously fixed by this patch. Signed-off-by: Michael E Brown Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Fix Firmware class name collision

2007-10-12T21:51:06+00:00

following patch fixes the i2c name collision with i2c-dev. http://mcentral.de/wiki/index.php/Bugtracker#i2c_core_problem This issue has been experienced with em28xx and saa7133 based devices. I discussed that problem with Jean Delvare a while ago and he proposed to add a prefix to the class name. Signed-off-by: Markus Rechberger Acked-by: Marcel Holtmann Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Driver core: change add_uevent_var to use a struct

2007-10-12T21:51:01+00:00

This changes the uevent buffer functions to use a struct instead of a long list of parameters. It does no longer require the caller to do the proper buffer termination and size accounting, which is currently wrong in some places. It fixes a known bug where parts of the uevent environment are overwritten because of wrong index calculations. Many thanks to Mathieu Desnoyers for finding bugs and improving the error handling. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: Cornelia Huck Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kernel-doc fixes for PCI and drivers/base/

2007-07-30T21:25:12+00:00

Fix undocumented function parameters in PCI and drivers/base. Warning(linux-2.6.23-rc1//drivers/pci/pci.c:1526): No description found for parameter 'rq' Warning(linux-2.6.23-rc1//drivers/base/firmware_class.c:245): No description found for parameter 'bin_attr' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman