Needed for future firmware subsystem cleanups.
In the end, the firmware_register/unregister functions will be deleted
entirely, but we need this symbol so that subsystems can migrate over.
Cc: Kay Sievers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Matt Domsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Matt Tolentino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/base/firmware.c | 3 ++-
include/linux/kobject.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware.c b/drivers/base/firmware.c
index 6a4e494..c7f635b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware.c
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
#include "base.h"
-static struct kset *firmware_kset;
+struct kset *firmware_kset;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(firmware_kset);
int firmware_register(struct kset *s)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index e694261..29dc444 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ extern struct kset *kernel_kset;
extern struct kobject *hypervisor_kobj;
/* The global /sys/power/ kset for people to chain off of */
extern struct kset *power_kset;
+/* The global /sys/firmware/ kset for people to chain off of */
+extern struct kset *firmware_kset;
extern int __must_check subsystem_register(struct kset *);
extern void subsystem_unregister(struct kset *);
--
1.5.3.8
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