5 Different functionality is available to enable firmware to be found.
6 Below is chronological order of how firmware will be looked for once
7 a driver issues a firmware API call.
9 * The ''Built-in firmware'' is checked first, if the firmware is present we
11 * The ''Firmware cache'' is looked at next. If the firmware is found we
13 * The ''Direct filesystem lookup'' is performed next, if found we
15 * The ''Platform firmware fallback'' is performed next, but only when
16 firmware_request_platform() is used, if found we return it immediately
17 * If no firmware has been found and the fallback mechanism was enabled
18 the sysfs interface is created. After this either a kobject uevent
19 is issued or the custom firmware loading is relied upon for firmware
20 loading up to the timeout value.