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    SubjectRe: 2.6.24 breaks BIOS updates on all Dell machines
    On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:58:35 -0600, Michael E Brown wrote:
    > On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 03:02:38PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
    > > Hi Michael,
    > >
    > > On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:09:25 -0600, Michael E Brown wrote:
    > > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 08:04:17PM +0100, Sytse Wielinga wrote:
    > > > > I've created the simple patch below. I have no idea if it actually works,
    > > > > though, as I don't appear to have any hardware for which a linux driver
    > > > > supports firmware loading. Please comment.
    > > >
    > > > You can test this rather easily. Simply modprobe the "dell_rbu" driver.
    > > > You dont need any special hardware, it should load on any machine. After
    > > > you have loaded it, check the sysfs path to see if it has the correct
    > > > path (or some symlink thereof):
    > > >
    > > > GOOD: /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/
    > > > BAD : /sys/class/firmware/firmware-dell_rbu/loading
    > >
    > > This doesn't actually work for me. Loading the dell_rbu driver on a
    > > non-Dell system doesn't create anything under /sys/class/firmware.
    >
    > You have to initialize the driver first before that file appears.
    >
    > [root@localhost ~]# modprobe dell_rbu
    > [root@localhost ~]# cd /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/
    > [root@localhost dell_rbu]# ll /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/loading
    > ls: cannot access /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/loading: No such file or
    > directory
    > [root@localhost dell_rbu]# echo -n -e 'init\0' > image_type
    > [root@localhost dell_rbu]# ll /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/loading
    > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2008-02-04 09:57
    > /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/loading

    Ah, OK, thanks for the hint, it works now.

    --
    Jean Delvare


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