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authorStephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>2020-04-29 22:57:57 +0200
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2020-05-05 09:53:45 -0600
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docs: sysctl/kernel: document firmware_config
Based on the firmware fallback mechanisms documentation and the implementation in drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c. Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200429205757.8677-2-steve@sk2.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -265,6 +265,19 @@ domain names are in general different. For a detailed discussion
see the ``hostname(1)`` man page.
+firmware_config
+===============
+
+See :doc:`/driver-api/firmware/fallback-mechanisms`.
+
+The entries in this directory allow the firmware loader helper
+fallback to be controlled:
+
+* ``force_sysfs_fallback``, when set to 1, forces the use of the
+ fallback;
+* ``ignore_sysfs_fallback``, when set to 1, ignores any fallback.
+
+
ftrace_dump_on_oops
===================