Hello Jan, On 30 August 2017 at 20:13, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Last chunk: This backports EFI capsule updates, primarily for the use > with the IOT2020 and IOT2040, the latter with Quark-proprietary security > header format. The feature should also work for the Galileo Gen 2 and, > at least conceptually, for any EFI capsule update compatible firmware. > What is the purpose of this series? I hope you are not expecting this to be considered for -stable? Please check Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst for guidelines on what is appropriate for -stable. > Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: joeyli <jlee@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Kweh Hock Leong <hock.leong.kweh@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-efi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Mark Salter <msalter@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Peter Jones <pjones@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.7 > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Ard Biesheuvel (3): > efi/capsule-loader: Use a cached copy of the capsule header > efi/capsule-loader: Redirect calls to efi_capsule_setup_info() via > weak alias > efi/capsule-loader: Use page addresses rather than struct page > pointers > > Austin Christ (1): > efi/capsule: Allocate whole capsule into virtual memory > > Jan Kiszka (5): > efi/capsule: Fix return code on failing kmap/vmap > efi/capsule: Remove pr_debug() on ENOMEM or EFAULT > efi/capsule: Clean up pr_err/_info() messages > efi/capsule: Adjust return type of efi_capsule_setup_info() > efi/capsule: Add support for Quark security header > > Kweh, Hock Leong (1): > efi: Add misc char driver interface to update EFI firmware > > Matt Fleming (4): > efi: Move efi_status_to_err() to drivers/firmware/efi/ > efi: Add 'capsule' update support > x86/efi: Force EFI reboot to process pending capsules > efi/capsule: Move 'capsule' to the stack in efi_capsule_supported() > > arch/x86/k ernel/reboot.c | 9 + > arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c | 137 ++++++++++++++ > drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig | 19 ++ > drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile | 2 + > drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c | 330 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > drivers/firmware/efi/capsule.c | 294 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c | 33 ++++ > drivers/firmware/efi/reboot.c | 12 +- > drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c | 33 ---- > include/linux/efi.h | 34 ++++ > 10 files changed, 869 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c > create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/efi/capsule.c > > -- > 2.12.3 > -- 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
