firmware: export firmware_kset so that people can use that instead of the braindead firmware_register interface
Needed for future firmware subsystem cleanups.
In the end, the firmware_register/unregister functions will be deleted
entirely, but we need this symbol so that subsystems can migrate over.
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Cc: Matt Tolentino <matthew.e.tolentino@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware.c b/drivers/base/firmware.c
index 6a4e494..c7f635b1 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware.c
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
#include "base.h"
-static struct kset *firmware_kset;
+struct kset *firmware_kset;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(firmware_kset);
int firmware_register(struct kset *s)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index e694261..29dc444 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@
extern struct kobject *hypervisor_kobj;
/* The global /sys/power/ kset for people to chain off of */
extern struct kset *power_kset;
+/* The global /sys/firmware/ kset for people to chain off of */
+extern struct kset *firmware_kset;
extern int __must_check subsystem_register(struct kset *);
extern void subsystem_unregister(struct kset *);
