REQUEST_FIRMWARE_NOW(9) Device drivers infrastructure REQUEST_FIRMWARE_NOW(9)
NAME
request_firmware_nowait - asynchronous version of request_firmware
SYNOPSIS
int request_firmware_nowait(struct module * module, int uevent, const char * name, struct device * device, gfp_t gfp, void * context,
void (*cont) (const struct firmware *fw, void *context));
ARGUMENTS
module
module requesting the firmware
uevent
sends uevent to copy the firmware image if this flag is non-zero else the firmware copy must be done manually.
name
name of firmware file
device
device for which firmware is being loaded
gfp
allocation flags
context
will be passed over to cont, and fw may be NULL if firmware request fails.
cont
function will be called asynchronously when the firmware request is over.
DESCRIPTION
Asynchronous variant of request_firmware for user contexts where it is not possible to sleep for long time. It can't be called in atomic
contexts.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 REQUEST_FIRMWARE_NOW(9)
