From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev>,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Michal Grzedzicki <mge@meta.com>,
driver-core@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware_loader: allow firmware_class.path to take multiple paths
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:39:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026031846-cocoa-unnoticed-6bbb@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260318-fw-path-v1-1-7884d9bf618f@kernel.org>
On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 08:25:54AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Refactor fw_get_filesystem_firmware() by extracting the per-path
> firmware loading logic into a new fw_try_firmware_path() helper.
>
> Use this helper to parse fw_path_para for ';'-separated paths,
> trying each one before falling through to the default firmware
> search paths. This allows users to specify multiple custom firmware
> directories via firmware_class.path, e.g.:
>
> firmware_class.path=/custom/path1;/custom/path2
Why are you using ';' and not ':' as the traditional path separation
character? And where is this now documented?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-18 12:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-18 12:25 [PATCH] firmware_loader: allow firmware_class.path to take multiple paths Jeff Layton
2026-03-18 12:39 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2026-03-18 12:40 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-03-18 12:56 ` Jeff Layton
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