[PATCH v5 3/6] misc: fw_loader: implement generic get_fw_loader_from_node()

Christian Marangi ansuelsmth at gmail.com
Fri Apr 3 15:52:00 CEST 2026


Implement a generic function to get a FW loader dev from a node.

There is currently only get_fs_loader() but that is limited to chosen
node and is limited only to FS loader.

Introduce get_fw_loader_from_node() that will parse the
"firmware-loader" from a specified node and will search and probe a
matching FW loader device, if found.

Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/fw_loader.h                | 15 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader.c b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader.c
index 644b98de9f6c..c3d0de1b93e7 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/fw_loader/fw_loader.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <blk.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <dm/device.h>
+#include <dm/uclass.h>
 #include <fw_loader.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
@@ -90,6 +91,37 @@ int generic_fw_loader_probe(struct udevice *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * get_fw_loader_from_node - Get FW loader dev from @node.
+ *
+ * @node: ofnode where "firmware-loader" phandle is stored.
+ * @dev: pointer where to store the FW loader dev.
+ *
+ * Search and probe a matching FW loader device, if found.
+ *
+ * Return: Negative value if fail, 0 for successful.
+ */
+int get_fw_loader_from_node(ofnode node, struct udevice **dev)
+{
+	struct udevice *fw_dev;
+	int i, ret;
+
+	node = ofnode_parse_phandle(node, "firmware-loader", 0);
+	if (!ofnode_valid(node))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	ret = device_find_global_by_ofnode(node, &fw_dev)
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = device_probe(fw_dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	*dev = fw_dev;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * _request_firmware_prepare - Prepare firmware struct.
  *
diff --git a/include/fw_loader.h b/include/fw_loader.h
index 56f5e3be6195..7053c7bc6f05 100644
--- a/include/fw_loader.h
+++ b/include/fw_loader.h
@@ -6,8 +6,23 @@
 #ifndef _FW_LOADER_H_
 #define _FW_LOADER_H_
 
+#include <dm/ofnode_decl.h>
+
 struct udevice;
 
+/**
+ * get_fw_loader_from_node - Get FW loader dev from @node.
+ *
+ * @node: ofnode where "firmware-loader" phandle is stored.
+ * @dev: pointer where to store the FW loader dev.
+ *
+ * Loop over all the supported FW loader and find a matching
+ * one.
+ *
+ * Return: Negative value if fail, 0 for successful.
+ */
+int get_fw_loader_from_node(ofnode node, struct udevice **dev);
+
 /**
  * request_firmware_into_buf - Load firmware into a previously allocated buffer.
  * @dev: An instance of a driver.
-- 
2.53.0



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