+static void callbackfn_rbu(const struct firmware *fw, void *context)
+{
+ int rc = 0;
+
+ if (!fw || !fw->size) {
+ rbu_data.entry_created = 0;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ spin_lock(&rbu_data.lock);
+ if (!strcmp(image_type, "mono")) {
+ if (!img_update_realloc(fw->size))
+ memcpy(rbu_data.image_update_buffer,
+ fw->data, fw->size);
+ } else if (!strcmp(image_type, "packet")) {
+ /*
+ * we need to free previous packets if a
+ * new hunk of packets needs to be downloaded
+ */
+ packet_empty_list();
+ if (packetize_data(fw->data, fw->size))
+ /* Incase something goes wrong when we are
+ * in middle of packetizing the data, we
+ * need to free up whatever packets might
+ * have been created before we quit.
+ */
+ packet_empty_list();
+ } else
+ pr_debug("invalid image type specified.\n");
+ spin_unlock(&rbu_data.lock);
+
+ rc = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, FW_ACTION_NOHOTPLUG,
+ "dell_rbu", &rbu_device->dev, &context, callbackfn_rbu);
+ if (rc)
+ printk(KERN_ERR
+ "dell_rbu:%s request_firmware_nowait failed"
+ " %d\n", __FUNCTION__, rc);
+ else
+ rbu_data.entry_created = 1;
+}
+
+static ssize_t read_rbu_image_type(struct kobject *kobj, char *buffer,
+ loff_t pos, size_t count)