Re: 2.6.24 breaks BIOS updates on all Dell machines

[Jean Delvare]

Hi Michael,

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:09:25 -0600, Michael E Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 08:04:17PM +0100, Sytse Wielinga wrote:
> > I've created the simple patch below. I have no idea if it actually works,
> > though, as I don't appear to have any hardware for which a linux driver
> > supports firmware loading. Please comment.
> 
> You can test this rather easily. Simply modprobe the "dell_rbu" driver.
> You dont need any special hardware, it should load on any machine. After
> you have loaded it, check the sysfs path to see if it has the correct
> path (or some symlink thereof):
> 
> GOOD: /sys/class/firmware/dell_rbu/   
> BAD : /sys/class/firmware/firmware-dell_rbu/loading

This doesn't actually work for me. Loading the dell_rbu driver on a
non-Dell system doesn't create anything under /sys/class/firmware.

-- 
Jean Delvare
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