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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst')
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst index cc0aea880824..cf4516dfbf96 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst @@ -44,6 +44,20 @@ request_firmware_nowait .. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/firmware_class.c :functions: request_firmware_nowait +Special optimizations on reboot +=============================== + +Some devices have an optimization in place to enable the firmware to be +retained during system reboot. When such optimizations are used the driver +author must ensure the firmware is still available on resume from suspend, +this can be done with firmware_request_cache() insted of requesting for the +firmare to be loaded. + +firmware_request_cache() +----------------------- +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/firmware_class.c + :functions: firmware_request_cache + request firmware API expected driver use ======================================== |