firmware_loading_store(9)

💅 firmware_loading_store(9) — the Kernel API Manual moment

ok so bestie, welcome to firmware_loading_store(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is the function that literally handles writing values into the 'loading' control file, and it's giving sysfs gatekeeper energy 👑

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🌸 NAME 🌸

firmware_loading_store — set value in the 'loading' control file 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ssize_t firmware_loading_store (struct device *dev , struct
       device_attribute *attr , const char *buf , size_t count );

Like, that's the whole signature, no cap 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — device pointer 🫶
• attr — device attribute pointer
• buf — buffer to scan for loading control value 👀
• count — number of bytes in buf

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so the relevant values are these three icons, memorize them fr fr:

• 1 — Start a load, discarding any previous partial load 🗑️✨
• 0 — Conclude the load and hand the data to the driver code 🤝
• -1 — Conclude the load with an error and discard any written data 💀😭

ngl bestie, 1 throws away whatever partial mess was there before — it's a clean slate moment, main character energy only 🌈

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• Kernel file ./drivers/base/firmware_loader/sysfs.c — timeout_store(9), firmware_data_write(9) 🍓

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and that's the whole vibe check, bestie 🦋 this page lives in ./drivers/base/firmware_loader, it's dated October 2026, and yes it's firmware_loading_store(9) — the one and only 👑💜 slay, go read the source, iykyk 🌸