From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
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"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v7 13/14] Documentation: remove stale firmware API reference
Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 13:08:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180510200850.5958-14-mcgrof@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180510200850.5958-1-mcgrof@kernel.org>
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>
---
Documentation/dell_rbu.txt | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt b/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
index 0fdb6aa2704c..5d1ce7bcd04d 100644
--- a/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
@@ -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.
--
2.17.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-10 20:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-10 20:08 [PATCH v7 00/14] firmware_loader changes for v4.18 Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-10 20:08 ` [PATCH v7 01/14] firmware: wrap FW_OPT_* into an enum Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-10 20:08 ` [PATCH v7 02/14] firmware: use () to terminate kernel-doc function names Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-10 20:08 ` [PATCH v7 03/14] firmware: rename fw_sysfs_fallback to firmware_fallback_sysfs() Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-10 20:08 ` [PATCH v7 04/14] firmware_loader: document firmware_sysfs_fallback() Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-10 20:08 ` [PATCH v7 05/14] firmware_loader: enhance Kconfig documentation over FW_LOADER Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-10 20:08 ` [PATCH v7 06/14] firmware_loader: replace ---help--- with help Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-10 20:08 ` [PATCH v7 07/14] firmware_loader: move kconfig FW_LOADER entries to its own file Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-10 20:08 ` [PATCH v7 08/14] firmware_loader: make firmware_fallback_sysfs() print more useful Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-10 20:08 ` [PATCH v7 09/14] firmware: add firmware_request_nowarn() - load firmware without warnings Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-10 20:08 ` [PATCH v7 10/14] ath10k: use firmware_request_nowarn() to load firmware Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-10 20:08 ` [PATCH v7 11/14] ath10k: re-enable the firmware fallback mechanism for testmode Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-10 20:08 ` [PATCH v7 12/14] Documentation: fix few typos and clarifications for the firmware loader Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-10 20:08 ` Luis R. Rodriguez [this message]
2018-05-10 20:08 ` [PATCH v7 14/14] Documentation: clarify firmware_class provenance and why we can't rename the module Luis R. Rodriguez
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