RE: [patch 2.6.12-rc3] dell_rbu: Resubmitting patch for new Dell BIOS update driver

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Hi Abhay,

> > 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.

the latter one. Don't mess with the $FIRMWARE env, because this comes
from the kernel hotplug call.

> 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.

I am not quite sure what's the problem here. Tell the kernel what
firmware image to request. Something like

	echo "firmware-filename" > /sys/firmware/dell_rbu/download

Regards

Marcel


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