/*
* Call the low level driver's write_init function. This will do the
* device-specific things to get the FPGA into the state where it is
- * ready to receive an FPGA image.
+ * ready to receive an FPGA image. The low level driver only gets to
+ * see the first initial_header_size bytes in the buffer.
*/
mgr->state = FPGA_MGR_STATE_WRITE_INIT;
- ret = mgr->mops->write_init(mgr, info, buf, count);
+ ret = mgr->mops->write_init(mgr, info, buf,
+ min(mgr->mops->initial_header_size, count));
if (ret) {
dev_err(dev, "Error preparing FPGA for writing\n");
mgr->state = FPGA_MGR_STATE_WRITE_INIT_ERR;