Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 May 2005 11:56:26 -0500 | From | Matt Domsch <> | Subject | Re: [patch 2.6.12-rc3] dell_rbu: Resubmitting patch for new Dell BIOS update driver |
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On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 11:37:44AM -0500, Abhay_Salunke@Dell.com wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@kroah.com] > > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 10:48 AM > > To: Salunke, Abhay > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; akpm@osdl.org; Domsch, Matt > > Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.12-rc3] dell_rbu: Resubmitting patch for new > Dell > > BIOS update driver > > > > On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 09:52:05AM -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. Since the user is free to > change > > > the BIOS update image at will, it may not be possible if we use > > > $FIRMWARE also I am not sure if this env variable might be > conflicting > > > to some other driver. > > > > As others have already stated, this doesn't really matter. Make it > > "dell_bios_update", if any device names their firmware that, well, > > that's their problem... > > OK, I have been trying to use request_firmware but it always fails with > return code -2. This is the code snippet below, any thoughts?
-2 is -ENOENT, "No such file or directory". It's looking for a file called /lib/firmware/dell_rbu_type, and not finding it. That probably isn't the name of the file you want it to look for.
Thanks, Matt
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