| Message ID | 1492012980-11650-6-git-send-email-timur@codeaurora.org (mailing list archive) |
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On 12/04/17 17:02, Timur Tabi wrote: > Many ARM64 server systems boot via EFI, so enable support for some EFI > options to allow applications to interact with EFI. > > CONFIG_EFI_VARS enables sysfs support for reading and writing variables Isn't efivarfs preferred for that these days, or have I imagined that? Robin. > CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER allows the user to update the EFI firmware. > > Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@codeaurora.org> > --- > arch/arm64/configs/defconfig | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig > index 1e5c516..cdc8698 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig > +++ b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig > @@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ CONFIG_PHY_XGENE=y > CONFIG_PHY_TEGRA_XUSB=y > CONFIG_ARM_SCPI_PROTOCOL=y > CONFIG_RASPBERRYPI_FIRMWARE=y > +CONFIG_EFI_VARS=y > +CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER=y > CONFIG_ACPI=y > CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y > CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y >
On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 05:13:20PM +0100, Robin Murphy wrote: > On 12/04/17 17:02, Timur Tabi wrote: > > Many ARM64 server systems boot via EFI, so enable support for some EFI > > options to allow applications to interact with EFI. > > > > CONFIG_EFI_VARS enables sysfs support for reading and writing variables > > Isn't efivarfs preferred for that these days, or have I imagined that? > > Robin. Ard, Leif? Mark. > > CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER allows the user to update the EFI firmware. > > > > Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@codeaurora.org> > > --- > > arch/arm64/configs/defconfig | 2 ++ > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig > > index 1e5c516..cdc8698 100644 > > --- a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig > > +++ b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig > > @@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ CONFIG_PHY_XGENE=y > > CONFIG_PHY_TEGRA_XUSB=y > > CONFIG_ARM_SCPI_PROTOCOL=y > > CONFIG_RASPBERRYPI_FIRMWARE=y > > +CONFIG_EFI_VARS=y > > +CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER=y > > CONFIG_ACPI=y > > CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y > > CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y > > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-arm-kernel mailing list > linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel
On 04/12/2017 11:14 AM, Mark Rutland wrote: >>> > > Many ARM64 server systems boot via EFI, so enable support for some EFI >>> > > options to allow applications to interact with EFI. >>> > > >>> > > CONFIG_EFI_VARS enables sysfs support for reading and writing variables >> > >> > Isn't efivarfs preferred for that these days, or have I imagined that? >> > >> > Robin. > Ard, Leif? So my research suggests that efivarfs is a replacement for CONFIG_EFI_VARS. We may still have some older programs that use the sysfs entries, but I'm not sure. Regardless, I will drop EFI_VARS from v2 of the patset, and just set EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER.
diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig index 1e5c516..cdc8698 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig +++ b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig @@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ CONFIG_PHY_XGENE=y CONFIG_PHY_TEGRA_XUSB=y CONFIG_ARM_SCPI_PROTOCOL=y CONFIG_RASPBERRYPI_FIRMWARE=y +CONFIG_EFI_VARS=y +CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER=y CONFIG_ACPI=y CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
Many ARM64 server systems boot via EFI, so enable support for some EFI options to allow applications to interact with EFI. CONFIG_EFI_VARS enables sysfs support for reading and writing variables CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER allows the user to update the EFI firmware. Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@codeaurora.org> --- arch/arm64/configs/defconfig | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)