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SubjectRe: [PATCH] efi: Capsule update support
On Tue, 07 Oct, at 03:41:26PM, Matt Fleming wrote:
> From: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.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@linaro.org>
> Cc: "Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.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


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