linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] efi: A misc char interface to update EFI firmware

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Date:	Tue, 5 Apr 2016 10:48:12 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:	deckard <pure.logic@...us-software.ie>
Cc:	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	joeyli <jlee@...e.com>,
	"Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@...aro.org>,
	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] efi: A misc char interface to update EFI firmware

On Fri, 01 Apr, at 03:48:50AM, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> On Thu, 2016-03-17 at 12:57 +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > Tested with Intel Quark Galileo GEN1 platform.
> 
> + * If the capsule is successfully submitted to the firmware, any
> + * subsequent calls to efi_capsule_pending() will return true. @pages
> + * must not be released or modified if this function returns
> + * successfully.
> 
> The only minor nit here is that you can't actually test this on a
> Galileo GEN1 since there's a non-standard header required to update the
> firmware on that platform !
> 
> So I suggest dropping that particular comment in the git log, since you
> can't actually *do* that on a Galileo without doing something about the
> required CSH (Clanton Secure Header) prefixed to the standard Capsule
> header.
> 
> Otherwise.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@...us-software.ie>

Thanks Bryan. I've updated the commit log and added your Reviewed-by.