From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org>
Cc: "Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@intel.com>,
Ong Boon Leong <boon.leong.ong@intel.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@linaro.org>,
Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
Roy Franz <roy.franz@linaro.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>,
Linux FS Devel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
Anvin H Peter <h.peter.anvin@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 1/1] efi: a misc char interface for user to update efi firmware
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 08:41:06 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160215164106.GB24956@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160208095003.GA2413@codeblueprint.co.uk>
On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 09:50:03AM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Feb, at 09:43:31PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 12:39:54PM +0800, Kweh, Hock Leong wrote:
> > > From: "Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@intel.com>
> > >
> > > Introducing a kernel module to expose capsule loader interface
> > > (misc char device file note) for users to upload capsule binaries.
> > >
> > > Example:
> > > cat firmware.bin > /dev/efi_capsule_loader
> > >
> > > This patch also export efi_capsule_supported() function symbol for
> > > verifying the submitted capsule header in this kernel module.
> > >
> > > Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
> > > Signed-off-by: Kweh, Hock Leong <hock.leong.kweh@intel.com>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig | 9 +
> > > drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile | 1 +
> > > drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c | 334 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > drivers/firmware/efi/capsule.c | 1 +
> > > 4 files changed, 345 insertions(+)
> > > create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c
> >
> > I need an ack from the efi maintainer, or at least someone else
> > reviewing / testing this, before I can accept it.
>
> Thanks Greg, but this should probably go through the EFI tree since
> there are prerequisite core EFI capsule patches for this driver.
>
> If you're happy with the code though, an ACK would be much
> appreciated.
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-15 16:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-29 4:39 [PATCH v11 0/1] Enable capsule loader interface for efi firmware updating Kweh, Hock Leong
2016-01-29 4:39 ` [PATCH v11 1/1] efi: a misc char interface for user to update efi firmware Kweh, Hock Leong
2016-02-08 5:43 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2016-02-08 9:50 ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-15 16:41 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2016-02-08 15:13 ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-15 6:46 ` Kweh, Hock Leong
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