2 * firmware_sample_driver.c -
4 * Copyright (c) 2003 Manuel Estrada Sainz
6 * Sample code on how to use request_firmware() from drivers.
10 #include <linux/module.h>
11 #include <linux/kernel.h>
12 #include <linux/init.h>
13 #include <linux/device.h>
14 #include <linux/string.h>
16 #include "linux/firmware.h"
18 static struct device ghost_device = {
23 static void sample_firmware_load(char *firmware, int size)
26 memcpy(buf, firmware, size);
28 printk(KERN_INFO "firmware_sample_driver: firmware: %s\n", buf);
31 static void sample_probe_default(void)
33 /* uses the default method to get the firmware */
34 const struct firmware *fw_entry;
35 printk(KERN_INFO "firmware_sample_driver: a ghost device got inserted :)\n");
37 if (request_firmware(&fw_entry, "sample_driver_fw", &ghost_device)!=0) {
39 "firmware_sample_driver: Firmware not available\n");
43 sample_firmware_load(fw_entry->data, fw_entry->size);
45 release_firmware(fw_entry);
47 /* finish setting up the device */
49 static void sample_probe_specific(void)
51 /* Uses some specific hotplug support to get the firmware from
52 * userspace directly into the hardware, or via some sysfs file */
54 /* NOTE: This currently doesn't work */
56 printk(KERN_INFO "firmware_sample_driver: a ghost device got inserted :)\n");
58 if (request_firmware(NULL, "sample_driver_fw", &ghost_device)!=0) {
60 "firmware_sample_driver: Firmware load failed\n");
64 /* request_firmware blocks until userspace finished, so at
65 * this point the firmware should be already in the device */
67 /* finish setting up the device */
69 static void sample_probe_async_cont(const struct firmware *fw, void *context)
73 "firmware_sample_driver: firmware load failed\n");
77 printk(KERN_INFO "firmware_sample_driver: device pointer \"%s\"\n",
79 sample_firmware_load(fw->data, fw->size);
81 static void sample_probe_async(void)
83 /* Let's say that I can't sleep */
85 error = request_firmware_nowait (THIS_MODULE, FW_ACTION_NOHOTPLUG,
86 "sample_driver_fw", &ghost_device,
88 sample_probe_async_cont);
90 printk(KERN_ERR "firmware_sample_driver:"
91 " request_firmware_nowait failed\n");
95 static int sample_init(void)
97 device_initialize(&ghost_device);
98 /* since there is no real hardware insertion I just call the
99 * sample probe functions here */
100 sample_probe_specific();
101 sample_probe_default();
102 sample_probe_async();
106 static void __exit sample_exit(void)
110 module_init (sample_init);
111 module_exit (sample_exit);
113 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");