Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755349AbaJXGPn (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2014 02:15:43 -0400 Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:41382 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752027AbaJXGPm (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2014 02:15:42 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.04,778,1406617200"; d="scan'208";a="619636694" From: Kweh Hock Leong To: Matt Fleming , Ming Lei , Sam Protsenko Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , LKML , linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, Ong Boon Leong , Kweh Hock Leong Subject: [PATCH v1 0/3] Enable user helper interface for efi capsule update Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:18:19 +0800 Message-Id: <1414131502-13886-1-git-send-email-hock.leong.kweh@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.9.5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "Kweh, Hock Leong" Hi Guys, This patchset is created on top of "efi: Capsule update support" patch: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.efi/4837 It leverages the request_firmware_nowait() to expose the user helper interface for user to upload the capsule binary and calling the efi_capsule_update() API to pass the binary to EFI firmware. Besides build in kernel, the design also cater for build as kernel driver module. This patchset introduce a new API (request_firmware_abort()) at firmware_class so that the driver module could be unloaded by calling the API to properly stop user helper interface and release the device. Thanks. Kweh, Hock Leong (3): firmware loader: Introduce new API - request_firmware_abort() firmware loader: fix hung task warning dump efi: Capsule update with user helper interface drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 34 +++- drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig | 13 ++ drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile | 1 + drivers/firmware/efi/efi-capsule-user-helper.c | 246 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/firmware.h | 4 + 5 files changed, 296 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/efi/efi-capsule-user-helper.c -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/