From: "Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@xxxxxxxxx> 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. --- NOTE: If Matt agrees with this design, [PATCH v7 1/1] will be squash into his [PATCH 2/2]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/7/391 for submitting. 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 (2): efi: export efi_capsule_supported() function symbol efi: a misc char interface for user to update efi firmware drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig | 10 drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile | 1 drivers/firmware/efi/capsule.c | 1 drivers/firmware/efi/efi-capsule-loader.c | 356 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 368 insertions(+) create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/efi/efi-capsule-loader.c -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
