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SubjectRe: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] efi: Capsule update with user helper interface
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:26:52PM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
>> On Fri, 06 Mar, at 04:39:12PM, Peter Jones wrote:
>> >
>> > So again: do we really need or want to do this?
>>
>> One thing that we totally lose the ability to do is use the capsule
>> interface for things *other* than firmware updates, e.g.
>>
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/10/16/327
>>
>> Also, requiring embedded or custom OS to include fwupdate into their
>> existing boot solutions is a bit heavy handed when literally all they
>> want to do is cat a binary blob to a sysfs file.
>>
>> I don't see why we can't have both solutions.
>
> Yeah - we clearly need a kernel interface for some embedded devices, and
> it'd be better for every vendor to not implement it themselves.
>
>> Another thing is that ESRT isn't going to be supported by every
>> platform.
>
> Yeah - though I think you're *mostly* talking about the same platforms
> as above.
>
>> So, for the sysfs interface, let's not allow loading from /lib. Let's
>> not require a userland tool. Let's just do,
>>
>> # echo /path/to/my/awesome/capsule.bin > /sys/../capsule
>
>>
>> and be done with it.
>>
>> Hmmm?
>
> I assume you're implying a) the capsule header with the guid is embedded
> in the .bin there already, and b) one contiguous write(2) with error
> reporting coming through something like vars.c's efi_status_to_err()?
>
> If so, yes, I prefer this API.
>

Is using a char device really so bad? I have a "simple_char" that
makes this really easy that's pending review.

--Andy

> --
> Peter



--
Andy Lutomirski
AMA Capital Management, LLC


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