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Ming Lei authored
This patch introduces the three helpers below: void device_cache_fw_images(void) void device_uncache_fw_images(void) void device_uncache_fw_images_delay(unsigned long) so we can use device_cache_fw_images() to cache firmware for all devices which need firmware to work, and the device driver can get the firmware easily from kernel memory when system isn't ready for completing requests of loading firmware. After system is ready for completing firmware loading, driver core will call device_uncache_fw_images() or its delay version to free the cached firmware. The above helpers will be used to cache device firmware during system suspend/resume cycle in the following patches. Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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