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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);