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-rw-r--r--Documentation/firmware_class/README17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c11
-rw-r--r--drivers/base/firmware_class.c39
-rw-r--r--include/linux/firmware.h1
4 files changed, 8 insertions, 60 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/firmware_class/README b/Documentation/firmware_class/README
index 43e836c07ae..e9cc8bb26f7 100644
--- a/Documentation/firmware_class/README
+++ b/Documentation/firmware_class/README
@@ -105,20 +105,3 @@
on the setup, so I think that the choice on what firmware to make
persistent should be left to userspace.
- - Why register_firmware()+__init can be useful:
- - For boot devices needing firmware.
- - To make the transition easier:
- The firmware can be declared __init and register_firmware()
- called on module_init. Then the firmware is warranted to be
- there even if "firmware hotplug userspace" is not there yet or
- it doesn't yet provide the needed firmware.
- Once the firmware is widely available in userspace, it can be
- removed from the kernel. Or made optional (CONFIG_.*_FIRMWARE).
-
- In either case, if firmware hotplug support is there, it can move the
- firmware out of kernel memory into the real filesystem for later
- usage.
-
- Note: If persistence is implemented on top of initramfs,
- register_firmware() may not be appropriate.
-
diff --git a/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c b/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c
index ad3edaba453..87feccdb5c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c
+++ b/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
*
* Sample code on how to use request_firmware() from drivers.
*
- * Note that register_firmware() is currently useless.
- *
*/
#include <linux/module.h>
@@ -17,11 +15,6 @@
#include "linux/firmware.h"
-#define WE_CAN_NEED_FIRMWARE_BEFORE_USERSPACE_IS_AVAILABLE
-#ifdef WE_CAN_NEED_FIRMWARE_BEFORE_USERSPACE_IS_AVAILABLE
-char __init inkernel_firmware[] = "let's say that this is firmware\n";
-#endif
-
static struct device ghost_device = {
.bus_id = "ghost0",
};
@@ -104,10 +97,6 @@ static void sample_probe_async(void)
static int sample_init(void)
{
-#ifdef WE_CAN_NEED_FIRMWARE_BEFORE_USERSPACE_IS_AVAILABLE
- register_firmware("sample_driver_fw", inkernel_firmware,
- sizeof(inkernel_firmware));
-#endif
device_initialize(&ghost_device);
/* since there is no real hardware insertion I just call the
* sample probe functions here */
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 47231820523..0c99ae6a340 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -86,18 +86,9 @@ firmware_timeout_store(struct class *class, const char *buf, size_t count)
static CLASS_ATTR(timeout, 0644, firmware_timeout_show, firmware_timeout_store);
static void fw_class_dev_release(struct class_device *class_dev);
-int firmware_class_uevent(struct class_device *dev, char **envp,
- int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
-static struct class firmware_class = {
- .name = "firmware",
- .uevent = firmware_class_uevent,
- .release = fw_class_dev_release,
-};
-
-int
-firmware_class_uevent(struct class_device *class_dev, char **envp,
- int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int firmware_class_uevent(struct class_device *class_dev, char **envp,
+ int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
{
struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = class_get_devdata(class_dev);
int i = 0, len = 0;
@@ -116,6 +107,12 @@ firmware_class_uevent(struct class_device *class_dev, char **envp,
return 0;
}
+static struct class firmware_class = {
+ .name = "firmware",
+ .uevent = firmware_class_uevent,
+ .release = fw_class_dev_release,
+};
+
static ssize_t
firmware_loading_show(struct class_device *class_dev, char *buf)
{
@@ -493,25 +490,6 @@ release_firmware(const struct firmware *fw)
}
}
-/**
- * register_firmware: - provide a firmware image for later usage
- * @name: name of firmware image file
- * @data: buffer pointer for the firmware image
- * @size: size of the data buffer area
- *
- * Make sure that @data will be available by requesting firmware @name.
- *
- * Note: This will not be possible until some kind of persistence
- * is available.
- **/
-void
-register_firmware(const char *name, const u8 *data, size_t size)
-{
- /* This is meaningless without firmware caching, so until we
- * decide if firmware caching is reasonable just leave it as a
- * noop */
-}
-
/* Async support */
struct firmware_work {
struct work_struct work;
@@ -630,4 +608,3 @@ module_exit(firmware_class_exit);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(release_firmware);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware_nowait);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_firmware);
diff --git a/include/linux/firmware.h b/include/linux/firmware.h
index 2d716080be4..33d8f2087b6 100644
--- a/include/linux/firmware.h
+++ b/include/linux/firmware.h
@@ -19,5 +19,4 @@ int request_firmware_nowait(
void (*cont)(const struct firmware *fw, void *context));
void release_firmware(const struct firmware *fw);
-void register_firmware(const char *name, const u8 *data, size_t size);
#endif