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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+ * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+#include <core/device.h>
+
+/**
+ * nvkm_firmware_get - load firmware from the official nvidia/chip/ directory
+ * @device device that will use that firmware
+ * @fwname name of firmware file to load
+ * @fw firmware structure to load to
+ *
+ * Use this function to load firmware files in the form nvidia/chip/fwname.bin.
+ * Firmware files released by NVIDIA will always follow this format.
+ */
+int
+nvkm_firmware_get(struct nvkm_device *device, const char *fwname,
+ const struct firmware **fw)
+{
+ char f[64];
+ char cname[16];
+ int i;
+
+ /* Convert device name to lowercase */
+ strncpy(cname, device->chip->name, sizeof(cname));
+ cname[sizeof(cname) - 1] = '\0';
+ i = strlen(cname);
+ while (i) {
+ --i;
+ cname[i] = tolower(cname[i]);
+ }
+
+ snprintf(f, sizeof(f), "nvidia/%s/%s.bin", cname, fwname);
+ return request_firmware(fw, f, device->dev);
+}
+
+/**
+ * nvkm_firmware_put - release firmware loaded with nvkm_firmware_get
+ */
+void
+nvkm_firmware_put(const struct firmware *fw)
+{
+ release_firmware(fw);
+}