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diff --git a/doc/driver-model/fs_firmware_loader.txt b/doc/driver-model/fs_firmware_loader.txt index b9aee848cc..8be6185371 100644 --- a/doc/driver-model/fs_firmware_loader.txt +++ b/doc/driver-model/fs_firmware_loader.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corporation <www.intel.com> +# Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Intel Corporation <www.intel.com> # # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Firmware storage device described in device tree source defined in fs-loader node as shown in below: Example for block device: - fs_loader0: fs-loader@0 { + fs_loader0: fs-loader { u-boot,dm-pre-reloc; compatible = "u-boot,fs-loader"; phandlepart = <&mmc 1>; @@ -39,22 +39,55 @@ Firmware storage device described in device tree source device, it can be described in FDT as shown in below: Example for ubi: - fs_loader1: fs-loader@1 { + fs_loader1: fs-loader { u-boot,dm-pre-reloc; compatible = "u-boot,fs-loader"; mtdpart = "UBI", ubivol = "ubi0"; }; - Then, firmware_loader property would be set with the path of fs_loader - node under /chosen node such as: + Then, firmware-loader property can be added with any device node, which + driver would use the firmware loader for loading. + + The value of the firmware-loader property should be set with phandle + of the fs-loader node. + For example: + firmware-loader = <&fs_loader0>; + + If there are majority of devices using the same fs-loader node, then + firmware-loader property can be added under /chosen node instead of + adding to each of device node. + + For example: /{ chosen { - firmware_loader = &fs_loader0; + firmware-loader = <&fs_loader0>; }; }; - However, this driver is also designed to support U-boot environment + In each respective driver of devices using firmware loader, the firmware + loaded instance should be created by DT phandle. + + For example of getting DT phandle from /chosen and creating instance: + chosen_node = ofnode_path("/chosen"); + if (!ofnode_valid(chosen_node)) { + debug("/chosen node was not found.\n"); + return -ENOENT; + } + + phandle_p = ofnode_get_property(chosen_node, "firmware-loader", &size); + if (!phandle_p) { + debug("firmware-loader property was not found.\n"); + return -ENOENT; + } + + phandle = fdt32_to_cpu(*phandle_p); + ret = uclass_get_device_by_phandle_id(UCLASS_FS_FIRMWARE_LOADER, + phandle, &dev); + if (ret) + return ret; + + Firmware loader driver is also designed to support U-boot environment variables, so all these data from FDT can be overwritten through the U-boot environment variable during run time. For examples: @@ -104,9 +137,12 @@ return: Description: The firmware is loaded directly into the buffer pointed to by buf -Example of creating firmware loader instance and calling -request_firmware_into_buf API: - if (uclass_get_device(UCLASS_FS_FIRMWARE_LOADER, 0, &dev)) { - request_firmware_into_buf(dev, filename, buffer_location, - buffer_size, offset_ofreading); - } +Example of calling request_firmware_into_buf API after creating firmware loader +instance: + ret = uclass_get_device_by_phandle_id(UCLASS_FS_FIRMWARE_LOADER, + phandle, &dev); + if (ret) + return ret; + + request_firmware_into_buf(dev, filename, buffer_location, buffer_size, + offset_ofreading); |