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From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
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Subject: [PATCH v6 11/13] Documentation: fix few typos and clarifications for the firmware loader
Date: Tue, 8 May 2018 11:12:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180508181247.19431-12-mcgrof@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180508181247.19431-1-mcgrof@kernel.org>
Fix a few typos, and clarify a few sentences.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst | 5 +++--
Documentation/driver-api/firmware/firmware_cache.rst | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
index f353783ae0be..a39323ef7d29 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms.rst
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ and a file upload firmware into:
* /sys/$DEVPATH/data
To upload firmware you will echo 1 onto the loading file to indicate
-you are loading firmware. You then cat the firmware into the data file,
+you are loading firmware. You then write the firmware into the data file,
and you notify the kernel the firmware is ready by echo'ing 0 onto
the loading file.
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ by kobject uevents. This is specially exacerbated due to the fact that most
distributions today disable CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK.
Refer to do_firmware_uevent() for details of the kobject event variables
-setup. Variables passwdd with a kobject add event:
+setup. The variables currently passed to userspace with a "kobject add"
+event are:
* FIRMWARE=firmware name
* TIMEOUT=timeout value
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/firmware_cache.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/firmware_cache.rst
index 2210e5bfb332..c2e69d9c6bf1 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/firmware_cache.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/firmware_cache.rst
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ Some implementation details about the firmware cache setup:
* If an asynchronous call is used the firmware cache is only set up for a
device if if the second argument (uevent) to request_firmware_nowait() is
true. When uevent is true it requests that a kobject uevent be sent to
- userspace for the firmware request. For details refer to the Fackback
- mechanism documented below.
+ userspace for the firmware request through the sysfs fallback mechanism
+ if the firmware file is not found.
* If the firmware cache is determined to be needed as per the above two
criteria the firmware cache is setup by adding a devres entry for the
--
2.17.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-08 18:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-08 18:12 [PATCH v6 00/13] firmware_loader changes for v4.18 Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 01/13] firmware: wrap FW_OPT_* into an enum Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 02/13] firmware: use () to terminate kernel-doc function names Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 03/13] firmware: rename fw_sysfs_fallback to firmware_fallback_sysfs() Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 04/13] firmware_loader: document firmware_sysfs_fallback() Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 05/13] firmware_loader: enhance Kconfig documentation over FW_LOADER Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 22:42 ` Kees Cook
2018-05-09 20:55 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-09 23:01 ` Kees Cook
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 06/13] firmware_loader: move kconfig FW_LOADER entries to its own file Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 07/13] firmware_loader: make firmware_fallback_sysfs() print more useful Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 08/13] firmware: add firmware_request_nowarn() - load firmware without warnings Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 09/13] ath10k: use firmware_request_nowarn() to load firmware Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 10/13] ath10k: re-enable the firmware fallback mechanism for testmode Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` Luis R. Rodriguez [this message]
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 12/13] Documentation: remove stale firmware API reference Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-09 15:12 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2018-05-09 19:43 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 13/13] Documentation: clarify firmware_class provenance and why we can't rename the module Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:53 ` Andres Rodriguez
2018-05-09 13:21 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2018-05-08 22:45 ` [PATCH v6 00/13] firmware_loader changes for v4.18 Kees Cook
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