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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..18336c23b70d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +What: /sys/class/firmware/.../data +Date: July 2022 +KernelVersion: 5.19 +Contact: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@intel.com> +Description: The data sysfs file is used for firmware-fallback and for + firmware uploads. Cat a firmware image to this sysfs file + after you echo 1 to the loading sysfs file. When the firmware + image write is complete, echo 0 to the loading sysfs file. This + sequence will signal the completion of the firmware write and + signal the lower-level driver that the firmware data is + available. + +What: /sys/class/firmware/.../loading +Date: July 2022 +KernelVersion: 5.19 +Contact: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@intel.com> +Description: The loading sysfs file is used for both firmware-fallback and + for firmware uploads. Echo 1 onto the loading file to indicate + you are writing a firmware file to the data sysfs node. Echo + -1 onto this file to abort the data write or echo 0 onto this + file to indicate that the write is complete. For firmware + uploads, the zero value also triggers the transfer of the + firmware data to the lower-level device driver. + +What: /sys/class/firmware/.../timeout +Date: July 2022 +KernelVersion: 5.19 +Contact: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@intel.com> +Description: This file supports the timeout mechanism for firmware + fallback. This file has no affect on firmware uploads. For + more information on timeouts please see the documentation + for firmware fallback. |