request_firmware — send firmware request and wait for it
int request_firmware ( | const struct firmware ** firmware_p, |
const char * name, | |
struct device * device) ; |
firmware_p
pointer to firmware image
name
name of firmware file
device
device for which firmware is being loaded
firmware_p
will be used to return a firmware image by the name
of name
for device device
.
Should be called from user context where sleeping is allowed.
name
will be used as $FIRMWARE
in the uevent environment and
should be distinctive enough not to be confused with any other
firmware image for this or any other device.
Caller must hold the reference count of device
.
The function can be called safely inside device's suspend and resume callback.