The following search paths are used to look for firmware on your root filesystem.
The module parameter ‘’path’’ can be passed to the firmware_class module to activate the first optional custom fw_path_para. The custom path can only be up to 256 characters long. The kernel parameter passed would be:
There is an alternative to customize the path at run time after bootup, you can use the file:
You would echo into it your custom path and firmware requested will be searched for there first.