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Documentation: firmware: Clarify firmware path usage
Newline characters will be taken into account for the firmware search path parameter, warn users about that and provide an example using 'echo -n' such that it clarifies the typical use of that parameter. Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230402135423.3235-1-f.fainelli@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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* /sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
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You would echo into it your custom path and firmware requested will be
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searched for there first.
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You would echo into it your custom path and firmware requested will be searched
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for there first. Be aware that newline characters will be taken into account
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and may not produce the intended effects. For instance you might want to use:
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echo -n /path/to/script > /sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
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to ensure that your script is being used.

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