return simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos, buf, i);
 }
 
+static ssize_t rproc_state_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *userbuf,
+                                size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+       struct rproc *rproc = filp->private_data;
+       char buf[10];
+       int ret;
+
+       if (count > sizeof(buf) || count <= 0)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       ret = copy_from_user(buf, userbuf, count);
+       if (ret)
+               return -EFAULT;
+
+       if (buf[count - 1] == '\n')
+               buf[count - 1] = '\0';
+
+       if (!strncmp(buf, "start", count)) {
+               ret = rproc_boot(rproc);
+               if (ret) {
+                       dev_err(&rproc->dev, "Boot failed: %d\n", ret);
+                       return ret;
+               }
+       } else if (!strncmp(buf, "stop", count)) {
+               rproc_shutdown(rproc);
+       } else {
+               dev_err(&rproc->dev, "Unrecognised option: %s\n", buf);
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
+       return count;
+}
+
 static const struct file_operations rproc_state_ops = {
        .read = rproc_state_read,
+       .write = rproc_state_write,
        .open = simple_open,
        .llseek = generic_file_llseek,
 };