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

Brian Cavagnolo brian at cozybit.com
Mon Jun 2 20:12:59 EDT 2008


To update boot2, copy the boot2 and firmware images to /lib/firmware and:

echo <boot2_image_name> > /sys/class/net/eth2/lbs_boot2
echo <firmware_image_name> > /sys/class/net/eth2/lbs_fw

Signed-off-by: Brian Cavagnolo <brian at cozybit.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c |   65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c
index 91413a6..6a32f37 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c
@@ -46,6 +46,62 @@ 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;
+
+	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;
+
+	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
@@ -246,6 +302,12 @@ 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:
@@ -271,6 +333,9 @@ 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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