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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:19:39 +0100
From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] efi: Capsule update support and pstore backend
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On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 02:51:00PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:

> +	  Many EFI machines have buggy implementations of the UpdateCapsule()
> +	  runtime service. This option will enable code that may not function
> +	  correctly with your firmware.

Where by "May not function correctly" you mean "May crash the system"? 
I'm a little uneasy having this run by default if enabled, even if it's 
disabled by default in the config.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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