[PATCH 2/3] libertas: add sysfs hooks to update boot2 and persistent firmware

Brian Cavagnolo brian at cozybit.com
Thu Jul 17 14:39:15 EDT 2008


On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 10:28 -0700, Brian Cavagnolo wrote:
>> To use these features, copy the boot2 and firmware images to /lib/firmware and:
>>
>> echo <boot2_image_name> > /sys/class/net/ethX/lbs_boot2
>> echo <firmware_image_name> > /sys/class/net/ethX/lbs_fw
>
> Perhaps "lbs_flash_boot2" and "lbs_flash_fw" would be better names here?
> Otherwise it looks like one of the drivers that you can choose alternate
> firmware for (atmel.c for example) and doesn't give any indication that
> it'll permanently change what's on the dongle.

Sounds good.  I'll fix that and resubmit.

Ciao,
Brian

>> Signed-off-by: Brian Cavagnolo <brian at cozybit.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c |   71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c
>> index e83a4c2..c89785c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c
>> @@ -51,6 +51,68 @@ static void if_usb_free(struct if_usb_card *cardp);
>>  static int if_usb_submit_rx_urb(struct if_usb_card *cardp);
>>  static int if_usb_reset_device(struct if_usb_card *cardp);
>>
>> +/* sysfs hooks */
>> +
>> +/**
>> + *  Set function to write firmware to device's persistent memory
>> + */
>> +static ssize_t if_usb_firmware_set(struct device *dev,
>> +             struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
>> +{
>> +     struct lbs_private *priv = to_net_dev(dev)->priv;
>> +     struct if_usb_card *cardp = priv->card;
>> +     char fwname[FIRMWARE_NAME_MAX];
>> +     int ret;
>> +
>> +     if (!(priv->fwcapinfo & FW_CAPINFO_FIRMWARE_UPGRADE))
>> +             return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>> +
>> +     sscanf(buf, "%29s", fwname); /* FIRMWARE_NAME_MAX - 1 = 29 */
>> +     ret = if_usb_prog_firmware(cardp, fwname, BOOT_CMD_UPDATE_FW);
>> +     if (ret == 0)
>> +             return count;
>> +
>> +     return ret;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * lbs_fw attribute to be exported per ethX interface through sysfs
>> + * (/sys/class/net/ethX/lbs_fw).  Use this like so to write firmware to the
>> + * device's persistent memory:
>> + * echo usb8388-5.126.0.p5.bin > /sys/class/net/ethX/lbs_fw
>> + */
>> +static DEVICE_ATTR(lbs_fw, 0200, NULL, if_usb_firmware_set);
>> +
>> +/**
>> + *  Set function to write firmware to device's persistent memory
>> + */
>> +static ssize_t if_usb_boot2_set(struct device *dev,
>> +             struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
>> +{
>> +     struct lbs_private *priv = to_net_dev(dev)->priv;
>> +     struct if_usb_card *cardp = priv->card;
>> +     char fwname[FIRMWARE_NAME_MAX];
>> +     int ret;
>> +
>> +     if (!(priv->fwcapinfo & FW_CAPINFO_BOOT2_UPGRADE))
>> +             return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>> +
>> +     sscanf(buf, "%29s", fwname); /* FIRMWARE_NAME_MAX - 1 = 29 */
>> +     ret = if_usb_prog_firmware(cardp, fwname, BOOT_CMD_UPDATE_BOOT2);
>> +     if (ret == 0)
>> +             return count;
>> +
>> +     return ret;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * lbs_boot2 attribute to be exported per ethX interface through sysfs
>> + * (/sys/class/net/ethX/lbs_boot2).  Use this like so to write firmware to the
>> + * device's persistent memory:
>> + * echo usb8388-5.126.0.p5.bin > /sys/class/net/ethX/lbs_boot2
>> + */
>> +static DEVICE_ATTR(lbs_boot2, 0200, NULL, if_usb_boot2_set);
>> +
>>  /**
>>   *  @brief  call back function to handle the status of the URB
>>   *  @param urb               pointer to urb structure
>> @@ -263,6 +325,12 @@ static int if_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
>>       usb_get_dev(udev);
>>       usb_set_intfdata(intf, cardp);
>>
>> +     if (device_create_file(&priv->dev->dev, &dev_attr_lbs_fw))
>> +             lbs_pr_err("cannot register lbs_fw attribute\n");
>> +
>> +     if (device_create_file(&priv->dev->dev, &dev_attr_lbs_boot2))
>> +             lbs_pr_err("cannot register lbs_boot2 attribute\n");
>> +
>>       return 0;
>>
>>  err_start_card:
>> @@ -288,6 +356,9 @@ static void if_usb_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
>>
>>       lbs_deb_enter(LBS_DEB_MAIN);
>>
>> +     device_remove_file(&priv->dev->dev, &dev_attr_lbs_boot2);
>> +     device_remove_file(&priv->dev->dev, &dev_attr_lbs_fw);
>> +
>>       cardp->surprise_removed = 1;
>>
>>       if (priv) {
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