1/*- 2 * Copyright (c) 2005, Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> 3 * All rights reserved. 4 * 5 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7 * are met: 8 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9 * notice unmodified, this list of conditions, and the following 10 * disclaimer. 11 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12 * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13 * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14 * 15 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 16 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 17 * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 18 * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 19 * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 20 * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 21 * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 22 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 23 * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 24 * THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 25 * 26 * $FreeBSD$ 27 */ 28#ifndef _SYS_FIRMWARE_H_ 29#define _SYS_FIRMWARE_H_ 30/* 31 * Loadable firmware support. 32 * 33 * The firmware abstraction provides an interface for loading firmware 34 * images into the kernel and making them available to clients. 35 * 36 * Firmware images are usually embedded in kernel loadable modules that can 37 * be loaded on-demand or pre-loaded as desired. Modules may contain 38 * one or more firmware images that are stored as opaque data arrays 39 * and registered with a unique string name. Clients request 40 * firmware by name, and are returned a struct firmware * below on success. 41 * The kernel keeps track of references to firmware images to allow/prevent 42 * module/data unload. 43 * 44 * When multiple images are stored in one module, the first image is 45 * treated as the master with the other images holding references 46 * to it. This means that to unload the module each dependent/subimage 47 * must first have its references removed. 48 * In order for automatic loading to work, the master image must have 49 * the same name as the module it is embedded into. 50 */ 51struct firmware { 52 const char *name; /* system-wide name */ 53 const void *data; /* location of image */ 54 size_t datasize; /* size of image in bytes */ 55 unsigned int version; /* version of the image */ 56}; 57 58const struct firmware *firmware_register(const char *, 59 const void *, size_t, unsigned int, const struct firmware *); 60int firmware_unregister(const char *); 61const struct firmware *firmware_get(const char *); 62#define FIRMWARE_UNLOAD 0x0001 /* unload if unreferenced */ 63void firmware_put(const struct firmware *, int); 64#endif /* _SYS_FIRMWARE_H_ */ 65