Messages in this thread | | | From | Russ Weight <> | Subject | [RFC PATCH 0/5] Extend FW framework for user FW uploads | Date | Thu, 3 Feb 2022 14:30:47 -0700 |
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Extend the firmware loader subsystem to support a persistent sysfs interface that userspace may use to initiate a firmware update. For example, FPGA based PCIe cards automatically load firmware and FPGA images from local FLASH when the card boots. The images in FLASH may be updated with new images that are uploaded by the user.
A device driver may call fw_upload_register() to expose persistent "loading" and "data" sysfs files at /sys/class/firmare/<NAME>/*. These files are used in the same way as the fallback sysfs "loading" and "data" files. However, when 0 is written to "loading" to complete the write of firmware data, the data is also transferred to the lower-level driver using pre-registered call-back functions. The data transfer is done in the context of a kernel worker thread.
Additional sysfs nodes are added in the same location as "loading" and "data" to monitor the transfer of the image data to the device using callback functions provided by the lower-level device driver and to allow the data transfer to be cancelled.
Example usage:
$ pwd /sys/class/firmware/n3000bmc-sec-update.8 $ ls cancel device loading remaining_size subsystem data error power status uevent $ echo 1 > loading $ cat /tmp/firmware.bin > data $ echo 0 > loading $ while :; do cat status; cat remaining_size ; sleep 3; done preparing 44590080 <--snip--> transferring 44459008 transferring 44311552 <--snip--> <snip> transferring 173056 <--snip--> programming 0 <--snip--> idle 0 ^C
The first two patches in this set make minor changes to enable the fw_priv data structure and the sysfs interfaces to be used multiple times during the existence of the device driver instance. The third patch is mostly a reorganization of existing code in preparation for sharing common code with the firmware-upload support. The final two patches provide the code for user-initiated firmware uploads.
This driver was previously submitted in the context of the FPGA sub- system as the "FPGA Image Load Framework", but the framework is generic enough to support other devices as well. The previous submission of this patch-set can be viewed here:
https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=163295640216820&w=2
The n3000bmc-sec-update driver is the first driver to use the Firmware Upload API. A recent version of these patches can be viewed here:
https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=163295697217095&w=2
- Russ
Russ Weight (5): firmware_loader: Clear data and size in fw_free_paged_buf firmware_loader: Check fw_state_is_done in loading_store firmware_loader: Split fw_sysfs support from fallback firmware_loader: Add firmware-upload support firmware_loader: Add sysfs nodes to monitor fw_upload
.../ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware | 77 +++ .../driver-api/firmware/fw_upload.rst | 103 ++++ Documentation/driver-api/firmware/index.rst | 1 + drivers/base/firmware_loader/Kconfig | 18 + drivers/base/firmware_loader/Makefile | 2 + drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c | 430 ---------------- drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.h | 46 +- drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h | 11 + drivers/base/firmware_loader/fw_sysfs.c | 468 ++++++++++++++++++ drivers/base/firmware_loader/fw_sysfs.h | 98 ++++ drivers/base/firmware_loader/fw_upload.c | 348 +++++++++++++ drivers/base/firmware_loader/fw_upload.h | 29 ++ drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c | 18 +- include/linux/firmware.h | 72 +++ 14 files changed, 1236 insertions(+), 485 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware create mode 100644 Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fw_upload.rst create mode 100644 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fw_sysfs.c create mode 100644 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fw_sysfs.h create mode 100644 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fw_upload.c create mode 100644 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fw_upload.h
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