linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] firmware: Add /proc/fw_path entry to list the firmware paths

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Date:	Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:36:55 +0900
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Dimitris Papastamos <dp@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] firmware: Add /proc/fw_path entry to list the
 firmware paths

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 11:56:25AM +0100, Dimitris Papastamos wrote:
> This patch provides the aforementioned procfs file that lists
> the default firmware paths that are used during firmware lookup.
> 
> The file contains a white space separated list of paths.
> 
> There will be another patch on top of this that adds the functionality
> to modify the paths at runtime.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dimitris Papastamos <dp@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>

What about /proc/sys/kernel/firmware_path instead?  Isn't that a better
place for this?

greg k-h
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