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Message-Id: <1454042394-21507-1-git-send-email-hock.leong.kweh@intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 2016 12:39:53 +0800
From:	"Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com>
To:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
Cc:	Ong Boon Leong <boon.leong.ong@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@...aro.org>,
	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Roy Franz <roy.franz@...aro.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Linux FS Devel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Anvin H Peter <h.peter.anvin@...el.com>,
	"Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH v11 0/1] Enable capsule loader interface for efi firmware updating

From: "Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com>

Dear maintainers & communities,

This patchset is created on top of Matt's patchset:
1.)https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/7/390
"[PATCH 1/2] efi: Move efi_status_to_err() to efi.h"
2.)https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/7/391
"[PATCH 2/2] efi: Capsule update support"

It expose a misc char interface for user to upload the capsule binary and
calling efi_capsule_update() API to pass the binary to EFI firmware.

The steps to update efi firmware are:
1.) cat firmware.cap > /dev/efi_capsule_loader
2.) reboot

Any failed upload error message will be returned while doing "cat" through
file operation write() function call.

Tested the code with Intel Quark Galileo GEN1 platform.

Thanks.

---

changelog v11:
* rebase to v4.5-rc1
* correct vocabulary base on Bryan's comments
* Optimise ->pages & ->index code flow base on Matt's comments

changelog v10:
* rebase to v4.4
* added efi runtime services check at efi_capsule_loader_init()
* fixed checkpatch issues
* code clean up base on Borislav's comments

changelog v9:
* squash 2 patches to become 1 patch
* change function param to pass in cap_info instead of file structure
* perform both alloc inside efi_capsule_setup_info()
* change to use multiple exit labels instead of one function call
* further code clean up base on Matt's comments

changelog v8:
* further clean up on kunmap() & efi_free_all_buff_pages()
* design enhanced to support 1st few writes are less than efi header size
* removed support to padding capsule and flag error once the upload size
  bigger than header defined size

changelog v7:
* add successful message printed in dmesg
* shorten the code in efi_capsule_write() by splitting out
  efi_capsule_setup_info() & efi_capsule_submit_update() functions
* design added capability to support multiple file open action
* re-write those comments by following standard format
* design added the "uncomplete" error return through flush() file operation

changelog v6:
* clean up on error handling for better code flow and review
* clean up on pr_err() for critical error only
* design taking care writing block that below PAGE_SIZE
* once error has occurred, design will return -EIO until file close
* document design expectations/scenarios in the code
* change the dynamic allocation cap_info struct to statically allocated

changelog v5:
* changed to new design without leveraging firmware_class API
* use misc_char device interface instead of sysfs
* error return through file Write() function call


Kweh, Hock Leong (1):
  efi: a misc char interface for user to update efi firmware

 drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig          |    9 +
 drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile         |    1 +
 drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c |  334 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/firmware/efi/capsule.c        |    1 +
 4 files changed, 345 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c

-- 
1.7.9.5

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