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+What: /sys/class/firmware/.../data
+Date: July 2022
+KernelVersion: 5.19
+Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev>
+Description: The data sysfs file is used for firmware-fallback and for
+ firmware uploads. Cat a firmware image to this sysfs file
+ after you echo 1 to the loading sysfs file. When the firmware
+ image write is complete, echo 0 to the loading sysfs file. This
+ sequence will signal the completion of the firmware write and
+ signal the lower-level driver that the firmware data is
+ available.
+
+What: /sys/class/firmware/.../cancel
+Date: July 2022
+KernelVersion: 5.19
+Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev>
+Description: Write-only. For firmware uploads, write a "1" to this file to
+ request that the transfer of firmware data to the lower-level
+ device be canceled. This request will be rejected (EBUSY) if
+ the update cannot be canceled (e.g. a FLASH write is in
+ progress) or (ENODEV) if there is no firmware update in progress.
+
+What: /sys/class/firmware/.../error
+Date: July 2022
+KernelVersion: 5.19
+Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev>
+Description: Read-only. Returns a string describing a failed firmware
+ upload. This string will be in the form of <STATUS>:<ERROR>,
+ where <STATUS> will be one of the status strings described
+ for the status sysfs file and <ERROR> will be one of the
+ following: "hw-error", "timeout", "user-abort", "device-busy",
+ "invalid-file-size", "read-write-error", "flash-wearout". The
+ error sysfs file is only meaningful when the current firmware
+ upload status is "idle". If this file is read while a firmware
+ transfer is in progress, then the read will fail with EBUSY.
+
+What: /sys/class/firmware/.../loading
+Date: July 2022
+KernelVersion: 5.19
+Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev>
+Description: The loading sysfs file is used for both firmware-fallback and
+ for firmware uploads. Echo 1 onto the loading file to indicate
+ you are writing a firmware file to the data sysfs node. Echo
+ -1 onto this file to abort the data write or echo 0 onto this
+ file to indicate that the write is complete. For firmware
+ uploads, the zero value also triggers the transfer of the
+ firmware data to the lower-level device driver.
+
+What: /sys/class/firmware/.../remaining_size
+Date: July 2022
+KernelVersion: 5.19
+Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev>
+Description: Read-only. For firmware upload, this file contains the size
+ of the firmware data that remains to be transferred to the
+ lower-level device driver. The size value is initialized to
+ the full size of the firmware image that was previously
+ written to the data sysfs file. This value is periodically
+ updated during the "transferring" phase of the firmware
+ upload.
+ Format: "%u".
+
+What: /sys/class/firmware/.../status
+Date: July 2022
+KernelVersion: 5.19
+Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev>
+Description: Read-only. Returns a string describing the current status of
+ a firmware upload. The string will be one of the following:
+ idle, "receiving", "preparing", "transferring", "programming".
+
+What: /sys/class/firmware/.../timeout
+Date: July 2022
+KernelVersion: 5.19
+Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev>
+Description: This file supports the timeout mechanism for firmware
+ fallback. This file has no affect on firmware uploads. For
+ more information on timeouts please see the documentation
+ for firmware fallback.