Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: [patch 2.6.12-rc3] dell_rbu: Resubmitting patch for new Dell BIOS update driver | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Mon, 23 May 2005 16:58:27 +0200 |
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On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 09:52 -0500, Abhay_Salunke@Dell.com wrote: > Greg, > > > > Also, what's wrong with using the existing firmware interface in the > > kernel? > request_firmware requires the $FIRMWARE env to be populated with the > firmware image name or the firmware image name needs to be hardcoded > within the call to request_firmware
ok so far
> . Since the user is free to change > the BIOS update image at will, it may not be possible if we use > $FIRMWARE
it is, just have a sysfs file to let the user echo the firmware name in , with a suitable default if he doesn't.
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