3 files changed, 59 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 264b3a2cd860..b0be1d18fee2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ struct firmware_priv {
         struct timer_list timeout;
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER
+extern struct builtin_fw __start_builtin_fw[];
+extern struct builtin_fw __end_builtin_fw[];
+#else /* Module case. Avoid ifdefs later; it'll all optimise out */
+static struct builtin_fw *__start_builtin_fw;
+static struct builtin_fw *__end_builtin_fw;
+#endif
+
 static void
 fw_load_abort(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv)
 {
@@ -391,13 +399,12 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
         struct device *f_dev;
         struct firmware_priv *fw_priv;
         struct firmware *firmware;
+        struct builtin_fw *builtin;
         int retval;
 
         if (!firmware_p)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        printk(KERN_INFO "firmware: requesting %s\n", name);
-
         *firmware_p = firmware = kzalloc(sizeof(*firmware), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!firmware) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: kmalloc(struct firmware) failed\n",
@@ -406,6 +413,20 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
                 goto out;
         }
 
+        for (builtin = __start_builtin_fw; builtin != __end_builtin_fw;
+             builtin++) {
+                if (strcmp(name, builtin->name))
+                        continue;
+                printk(KERN_INFO "firmware: using built-in firmware %s\n",
+                       name);
+                firmware->size = builtin->size;
+                firmware->data = builtin->data;
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        if (uevent)
+                printk(KERN_INFO "firmware: requesting %s\n", name);
+
         retval = fw_setup_device(firmware, &f_dev, name, device, uevent);
         if (retval)
                 goto error_kfree_fw;
@@ -473,8 +494,16 @@ request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 void
 release_firmware(const struct firmware *fw)
 {
+        struct builtin_fw *builtin;
+
         if (fw) {
+                for (builtin = __start_builtin_fw; builtin != __end_builtin_fw;
+                     builtin++) {
+                        if (fw->data == builtin->data)
+                                goto free_fw;
+                }
                 vfree(fw->data);
+        free_fw:
                 kfree(fw);
         }
 }
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index f054778e916c..8d71a40625f3 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@
                 VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_pci_fixups_resume) = .;            \
         }                                                               \
                                                                         \
+        /* Built-in firmware blobs */                                   \
+        .builtin_fw        : AT(ADDR(.builtin_fw) - LOAD_OFFSET) {      \
+                VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_builtin_fw) = .;                 \
+                *(.builtin_fw)                                          \
+                VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_builtin_fw) = .;                   \
+        }                                                               \
+                                                                        \
         /* RapidIO route ops */                                         \
         .rio_route        : AT(ADDR(.rio_route) - LOAD_OFFSET) {        \
                 VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_rio_route_ops) = .;              \
diff --git a/include/linux/firmware.h b/include/linux/firmware.h
index 88718d60153c..c8ecf5b2a207 100644
--- a/include/linux/firmware.h
+++ b/include/linux/firmware.h
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_FIRMWARE_H
 #define _LINUX_FIRMWARE_H
+
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+
 #define FIRMWARE_NAME_MAX 30 
 #define FW_ACTION_NOHOTPLUG 0
 #define FW_ACTION_HOTPLUG 1
@@ -13,6 +16,24 @@ struct firmware {
 
 struct device;
 
+struct builtin_fw {
+        char *name;
+        void *data;
+        unsigned long size;
+};
+
+/* We have to play tricks here much like stringify() to get the
+   __COUNTER__ macro to be expanded as we want it */
+#define __fw_concat1(x, y) x##y
+#define __fw_concat(x, y) __fw_concat1(x, y)
+
+#define DECLARE_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE(name, blob)                                 \
+        DECLARE_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE_SIZE(name, &(blob), sizeof(blob))
+
+#define DECLARE_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE_SIZE(name, blob, size)                      \
+        static const struct builtin_fw __fw_concat(__builtin_fw,__COUNTER__) \
+        __used __section(.builtin_fw) = { name, blob, size }
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_FW_LOADER) || (defined(CONFIG_FW_LOADER_MODULE) && defined(MODULE))
 int request_firmware(const struct firmware **fw, const char *name,
                      struct device *device);