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authorLuis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>2016-12-16 03:10:36 -0800
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2017-01-11 09:42:59 +0100
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firmware: revamp firmware documentation
Understanding this code is getting out of control without any notes. Give the firmware_class driver a much needed documentation love, and while at it convert it to the new sphinx documentation format. v2: typos and small fixes Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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+==========================
+Firmware API core features
+==========================
+
+The firmware API has a rich set of core features available. This section
+documents these features.
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ fw_search_path
+ built-in-fw
+ firmware_cache
+ direct-fs-lookup
+ fallback-mechanisms
+ lookup-order
+