netdev - Re: wl1251: NVS firmware data

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Date:	Mon, 8 Dec 2014 23:35:53 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
To:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Grazvydas Ignotas <notasas@...il.com>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@...il.com>,
	Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...rom.com>,
	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...g0.de>,
	David Gnedt <david.gnedt@...izone.at>
Subject: Re: wl1251: NVS firmware data

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 11:22 PM, Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com> wrote:
> On Monday 08 December 2014 16:18:18 Ming Lei wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Pali Rohár
> <pali.rohar@...il.com> wrote:
>> > On Saturday 06 December 2014 13:49:54 Pavel Machek wrote:
>> >  /**
>> >
>> > + * request_firmware_prefer_user: - prefer usermode helper
>> > for loading firmware + * @firmware_p: pointer to firmware
>> > image
>> > + * @name: name of firmware file
>> > + * @device: device for which firmware is being loaded
>> > + *
>> > + * This function works pretty much like request_firmware(),
>> > but it prefer + * usermode helper. If usermode helper fails
>> > then it fallback to direct access. + * Usefull for dynamic
>> > or model specific firmware data. + **/
>> > +int request_firmware_prefer_user(const struct firmware
>> > **firmware_p, +                           const char *name,
>> > struct device *device) +{
>> > +       int ret;
>> > +       __module_get(THIS_MODULE);
>> > +       ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device,
>> > +                               FW_OPT_UEVENT |
>> > FW_OPT_PREFER_USER); +       module_put(THIS_MODULE);
>> > +       return ret;
>> > +}
>> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(request_firmware_prefer_user);
>>
>> I'd like to introduce request_firmware_user() which only
>> requests firmware from user space, and this way is simpler
>> and more flexible since we have request_firmware_direct()
>> already.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ming Lei
>
> Ming, for wl1251 NVS data we need to load use usermode helper and
> fallback to direct load. So I think it is better to handle this
> request in firmware code and not in driver.

Please do that in driver and don't mess firmware loader.

With introducing request_firmware_user(), it is even possible to
clean up firmware loader further.

Thanks,
Ming Lei
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