'\" t .\" Title: request_firmware_direct .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 .\" Date: May 2018 .\" Manual: Device drivers infrastructure .\" Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "REQUEST_FIRMWARE_DIR" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "Device drivers infrastructure" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" request_firmware_direct \- load firmware directly without usermode helper .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'int\ request_firmware_direct('u .BI "int request_firmware_direct(const\ struct\ firmware\ **\ " "firmware_p" ", const\ char\ *\ " "name" ", struct\ device\ *\ " "device" ");" .SH "ARGUMENTS" .PP \fIfirmware_p\fR .RS 4 pointer to firmware image .RE .PP \fIname\fR .RS 4 name of firmware file .RE .PP \fIdevice\fR .RS 4 device for which firmware is being loaded .RE .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP This function works pretty much like \fBrequest_firmware\fR, but this doesn\*(Aqt fall back to usermode helper even if the firmware couldn\*(Aqt be loaded directly from fs\&. Hence it\*(Aqs useful for loading optional firmwares, which aren\*(Aqt always present, without extra long timeouts of udev\&. .SH "COPYRIGHT" .br