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authorLuis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>2018-05-10 13:08:49 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2018-05-14 16:44:41 +0200
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parentDocumentation: fix few typos and clarifications for the firmware loader (diff)
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Documentation: remove stale firmware API reference
It refers to a pending patch, but this was merged eons ago. Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -121,10 +121,7 @@ read back the image downloaded.
.. note::
- This driver requires a patch for firmware_class.c which has the modified
- request_firmware_nowait function.
-
- Also after updating the BIOS image a user mode application needs to execute
+ After updating the BIOS image a user mode application needs to execute
code which sends the BIOS update request to the BIOS. So on the next reboot
the BIOS knows about the new image downloaded and it updates itself.
Also don't unload the rbu driver if the image has to be updated.