@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ typedef struct {
char * name;
} firmware_feature_t;
+/*
+ * The names in this table match names in rtas/ibm,hypertas-functions. If the
+ * entry ends in a '*', only upto the '*' is matched. Otherwise the entire
+ * string must match.
+ */
static __initdata firmware_feature_t
firmware_features_table[FIRMWARE_MAX_FEATURES] = {
{FW_FEATURE_PFT, "hcall-pft"},
@@ -71,9 +76,20 @@ void __init fw_feature_init(const char *hypertas, unsigned long len)
for (s = hypertas; s < hypertas + len; s += strlen(s) + 1) {
for (i = 0; i < FIRMWARE_MAX_FEATURES; i++) {
+ const char *name = firmware_features_table[i].name;
+ size_t size;
/* check value against table of strings */
- if (!firmware_features_table[i].name ||
- strcmp(firmware_features_table[i].name, s))
+ if (!name)
+ continue;
+ /*
+ * If there is a '*' at the end of name, only check
+ * upto there
+ */
+ size = strlen(name);
+ if (size && name[size - 1] == '*') {
+ if (strncmp(name, s, size - 1))
+ continue;
+ } else if (strcmp(name, s))
continue;
/* we have a match */
This allows firmware_features_table names to add a '*' at the end so that only partial strings are matched. When a '*' is added, only upto the '*' is matched when setting firmware feature bits. This is useful for the matching best energy feature. Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> cc: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@linux.vnet.ibm.com> cc: Linux PPC dev <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org> --- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/firmware.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)