Re: [patch 2.6.12-rc3] modifications in firmware_class.c to support nohotplug

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On 6/10/05, Abhay_Salunke@dell.com <Abhay_Salunke@dell.com> wrote:
> I tired to do the following
> 1. echo 0 > /sys/class/firmware/timeout
> 2. modify the firmware.agent by commenting echo -1 when file is not
> present as below.
> 
>    if [ -f "$FIRMWARE_DIR/$FIRMWARE" ]; then
>        echo 1 > $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/loading
>        cp "$FIRMWARE_DIR/$FIRMWARE" $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/data
>        echo 0 > $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/loading
>    else
>   #     echo -1 > $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/loading
>    Fi
> 3. load the dell_rbu driver : see dell_rbu code snipped below
> 
> device_initialize(&rbu_device);
> 
> strncpy(rbu_device.bus_id,"dell_rbu", BUS_ID_SIZE);
> 

I think if you add:

        kobject_set_name(&rbu_device.kobj, "%s", rbu_device.bus_id,"dell_rbu");

it will work much better. Also, are you initializing rbu_device with
all 0 to begin with?

-- 
Dmitry