Documentation: firmware: Clarify firmware path usage

Newline characters will be taken into account for the firmware search
path parameter, warn users about that and provide an example using 'echo
-n' such that it clarifies the typical use of that parameter.

Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230402135423.3235-1-f.fainelli@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@ -22,5 +22,10 @@ can use the file:
* /sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
You would echo into it your custom path and firmware requested will be
searched for there first.
You would echo into it your custom path and firmware requested will be searched
for there first. Be aware that newline characters will be taken into account
and may not produce the intended effects. For instance you might want to use:
echo -n /path/to/script > /sys/module/firmware_class/parameters/path
to ensure that your script is being used.