2 * firmware_sample_driver.c -
4 * Copyright (c) 2003 Manuel Estrada Sainz <ranty@debian.org>
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)
40 "firmware_sample_driver: Firmware not available\n");
44 sample_firmware_load(fw_entry->data, fw_entry->size);
46 release_firmware(fw_entry);
48 /* finish setting up the device */
50 static void sample_probe_specific(void)
52 /* Uses some specific hotplug support to get the firmware from
53 * userspace directly into the hardware, or via some sysfs file */
55 /* NOTE: This currently doesn't work */
57 printk(KERN_INFO "firmware_sample_driver: a ghost device got inserted :)\n");
59 if(request_firmware(NULL, "sample_driver_fw", &ghost_device)!=0)
62 "firmware_sample_driver: Firmware load failed\n");
66 /* request_firmware blocks until userspace finished, so at
67 * this point the firmware should be already in the device */
69 /* finish setting up the device */
71 static void sample_probe_async_cont(const struct firmware *fw, void *context)
75 "firmware_sample_driver: firmware load failed\n");
79 printk(KERN_INFO "firmware_sample_driver: device pointer \"%s\"\n",
81 sample_firmware_load(fw->data, fw->size);
83 static void sample_probe_async(void)
85 /* Let's say that I can't sleep */
87 error = request_firmware_nowait (THIS_MODULE, FW_ACTION_NOHOTPLUG,
88 "sample_driver_fw", &ghost_device,
90 sample_probe_async_cont);
93 "firmware_sample_driver:"
94 " request_firmware_nowait failed\n");
98 static int sample_init(void)
100 device_initialize(&ghost_device);
101 /* since there is no real hardware insertion I just call the
102 * sample probe functions here */
103 sample_probe_specific();
104 sample_probe_default();
105 sample_probe_async();
108 static void __exit sample_exit(void)
112 module_init (sample_init);
113 module_exit (sample_exit);
115 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");