DIR=/sys/devices/virtual/misc/test_firmware
-OLD_TIMEOUT=$(cat /sys/class/firmware/timeout)
+# CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER has a sysfs class under /sys/class/firmware/
+# These days no one enables CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER so check for that
+# as an indicator for CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER.
+HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=$(if [ -d /sys/class/firmware/ ]; then echo yes; else echo no; fi)
+
+if [ "$HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER" = "yes" ]; then
+ OLD_TIMEOUT=$(cat /sys/class/firmware/timeout)
+fi
+
OLD_FWPATH=$(cat /sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path)
FWPATH=$(mktemp -d)
test_finish()
{
- echo "$OLD_TIMEOUT" >/sys/class/firmware/timeout
+ if [ "$HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER" = "yes" ]; then
+ echo "$OLD_TIMEOUT" >/sys/class/firmware/timeout
+ fi
echo -n "$OLD_PATH" >/sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
rm -f "$FW"
rmdir "$FWPATH"
trap "test_finish" EXIT
-# Turn down the timeout so failures don't take so long.
-echo 1 >/sys/class/firmware/timeout
+if [ "$HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER" = "yes" ]; then
+ # Turn down the timeout so failures don't take so long.
+ echo 1 >/sys/class/firmware/timeout
+fi
+
# Set the kernel search path.
echo -n "$FWPATH" >/sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
echo "$0: firmware was not expected to match" >&2
exit 1
else
- echo "$0: timeout works"
+ if [ "$HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER" = "yes" ]; then
+ echo "$0: timeout works"
+ fi
fi
# This should succeed via kernel load or will fail after 1 second after
DIR=/sys/devices/virtual/misc/test_firmware
-OLD_TIMEOUT=$(cat /sys/class/firmware/timeout)
+# CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER has a sysfs class under /sys/class/firmware/
+# These days no one enables CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER so check for that
+# as an indicator for CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER.
+HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=$(if [ -d /sys/class/firmware/ ]; then echo yes; else echo no; fi)
+
+if [ "$HAS_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER" = "yes" ]; then
+ OLD_TIMEOUT=$(cat /sys/class/firmware/timeout)
+else
+ echo "usermode helper disabled so ignoring test"
+ exit 0
+fi
FWPATH=$(mktemp -d)
FW="$FWPATH/test-firmware.bin"