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  1 ============                                      
  2 Introduction                                      
  3 ============                                      
  4                                                   
  5 The firmware API enables kernel code to reques    
  6 for functionality from userspace, the uses var    
  7                                                   
  8 * Microcode for CPU errata                        
  9 * Device driver firmware, required to be loade    
 10   microcontrollers                                
 11 * Device driver information data (calibration     
 12   some of which can be completely optional.       
 13                                                   
 14 Types of firmware requests                        
 15 ==========================                        
 16                                                   
 17 There are two types of calls:                     
 18                                                   
 19 * Synchronous                                     
 20 * Asynchronous                                    
 21                                                   
 22 Which one you use vary depending on your requi    
 23 however is you should strive to use the asynch    
 24 are already using asynchronous initialization     
 25 stall or delay boot. Even if loading firmware     
 26 processing firmware might, and this can still     
 27 as such mechanisms such as asynchronous probe
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