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Message-ID: <20141007144703.GL14343@console-pimps.org> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:47:03 +0100 From: Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org> To: linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>, Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@...aro.org>, "Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi: Capsule update support On Tue, 07 Oct, at 03:41:26PM, Matt Fleming wrote: > From: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com> > > The EFI capsule mechanism allows data blobs to be passed to the EFI > firmware. This patch just introduces the main infrastruture for > interacting with the firmware. > > Once a capsule has been passed to the firmware, the next reboot will > always be performed using the ResetSystem() EFI runtime service, which > may involve overriding the reboot type specified by reboot=. This > ensures the reset value returned by QueryCapsuleCapabilities() is used > to reset the system, which is required for the capsule to be processed. > > Cc: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@...aro.org> > Cc: "Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com> > Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com> Bah, sorry. Ignore this one, it was supposed to be part of a series. I'll resend. -- Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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