linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] efi/capsule: Make efi_capsule

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Message-ID: <20160504143531.GK2839@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Date:	Wed, 4 May 2016 15:35:31 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:	Kweh Hock Leong <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com>,
	Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@...us-software.ie>
Cc:	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	joeyli <jlee@...e.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi/capsule: Make efi_capsule_pending() lockless

On Wed, 04 May, at 02:20:42PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 
> Blergh.

Wilson, Bryan, what kind of rollback support does the Intel Quark have
if its firmware update is interrupted?

The interruption could be for a number of reasons including power
loss, or the example in this case, rebooting due to panic().