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SubjectRe: [PATCH RESEND v3 3/7] Intel MIC Host Driver, card OS state management.
On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 11:41:03AM -0700, Sudeep Dutt wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 22:01 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 04:41:55PM -0700, Sudeep Dutt wrote:
> > > +What: /sys/class/mic/mic(x)/firmware
> > > +Date: August 2013
> > > +KernelVersion: 3.11
> > > +Contact: Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
> > > +Description:
> > > + When read, this sysfs entry provides the path name under
> > > + /lib/firmware/ where the firmware image to be booted on the
> > > + card can be found. The entry can be written to change the
> > > + firmware image location under /lib/firmware/.
> >
> > I don't understand, is the path under the HOST device, or the Client
> > device's disk? Why do you need to change the path on the HOST? What's
> > wrong with the existing firmware path selection we have in the kernel?
> >
>
> The path is on the host. The card does not have a physical persistent
> disk device. Our customers like the flexibility of changing the card
> firmware/ramdisk contents and file names for individual MIC cards. This
> flexibility is not possible with a static set of firmware file names in
> the kernel for all cards.
>
> Once the firmware/ramdisk path under /lib/firmware/ is set up via sysfs,
> card boot is initiated via the "state" sysfs entry. The host driver then
> obtains the contents of the firmware and ramdisk via the standard
> request_firmware(..) interface, copies the contents to card memory and
> interrupts the card BIOS to initiate boot.

So this is really a "filename" that might contain some directories as
well, right? The fact you used "path" confused me, as that doesn't
usually imply a filename.

And is the "firmware" just the initramfs image for the kernel to boot?

thanks,

greg k-h


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