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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 13/14] Documentation/ABI: Update IFS ABI doc
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On 11/9/2022 3:55 PM, Sohil Mehta wrote:

>
> A clarification below.
>
>>   -What:        /sys/devices/virtual/misc/intel_ifs_<N>/reload
>> -Date:        April 21 2022
>> -KernelVersion:    5.19
>> +What:        /sys/devices/virtual/misc/intel_ifs_<N>/current_batch
>> +Date:        Sept 30 2022
>> +KernelVersion:    6.2
>>   Contact:    "Jithu Joseph" <jithu.joseph@intel.com>
>> -Description:    Write "1" (or "y" or "Y") to reload the IFS image from
>> -        /lib/firmware/intel/ifs/ff-mm-ss.scan.
>> +Description:    Write a number less than or equal to 0xff to load an IFS test image.
>
> Can the number start from 0 or is it expected to start from 1? It might be useful to mention that if there is a constraint.

The driver currently doesn't do any enforcement on if the input starts at 0 / 1. If user writes 0 and if
the corresponding file it looks for (ff-mm-ss-00.<test_type>) is present, it would load it otherwise it would
return error-code ENOENT (returned by request_firmware_direct())

>
>> +        The number written treated as the 2 digit suffix in the following file name:
>> +        /lib/firmware/intel/ifs_<N>/ff-mm-ss-02x.scan
>> +        Reading the file will provide the suffix of the currently loaded IFS test image.


Jithu

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