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.TH "REQUEST_FIRMWARE" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
request_firmware \- request firmware to hotplug and wait for it
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fB
.sp
int request_firmware  (const struct firmware ** \fIfirmware_p\fB, const char * \fIname\fB, struct device * \fIdevice\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIfirmware_p\fB\fR
-- undescribed --
.TP
\fB\fIname\fB\fR
-- undescribed --
.TP
\fB\fIdevice\fB\fR
-- undescribed --
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fIfirmware\fR will be used to return a firmware image by the name
of \fIname\fR for device \fIdevice\fR\&.
.PP
Should be called from user context where sleeping is allowed.
.PP
\fIname\fR will be use as \fB$FIRMWARE\fR in the hotplug environment and
should be distinctive enough not to be confused with any other
firmware image for this or any other device.