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[v2,1/2] Documentation: syfs-class-firmware-attributes: Lenovo Opcode support

Message ID 20211117184453.2476-1-markpearson@lenovo.com (mailing list archive)
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Series [v2,1/2] Documentation: syfs-class-firmware-attributes: Lenovo Opcode support | expand

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Mark Pearson Nov. 17, 2021, 6:44 p.m. UTC
Newer Lenovo BIOS's have an opcode GUID support interface which provides
 - improved password setting control
 - ability to set System, hard drive and NVMe passwords

Add the support for these new passwords, and the ability to select
user/master mode and the drive index.

Signed-off-by: Mark Pearson <markpearson@lenovo.com>
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Changes in v2:
 - Move 'level' and 'index' authentication attributes to Lenovo
   extensions section
 - Add details on system-mgmt and drive authentication roles to Lenovo
   extensions section

 .../testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes   | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
index 90fdf935aa5e..13e31c6a0e9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
@@ -161,6 +161,15 @@  Description:
 						power-on:
 							Representing a password required to use
 							the system
+						system-mgmt:
+							Representing System Management password.
+							See Lenovo extensions section for details
+						HDD:
+							Representing HDD password
+							See Lenovo extensions section for details
+						NVMe:
+							Representing NVMe password
+							See Lenovo extensions section for details
 
 		mechanism:
 					The means of authentication.  This attribute is mandatory.
@@ -207,6 +216,13 @@  Description:
 
 		On Lenovo systems the following additional settings are available:
 
+		role: system-mgmt	This gives the same authority as the bios-admin password to control
+					security related features. The authorities allocated can be set via
+					the BIOS menu SMP Access Control Policy
+
+		role: HDD & NVMe	This password is used to unlock access to the drive at boot. Note see
+					'level' and 'index' extensions below.
+
 		lenovo_encoding:
 					The encoding method that is used. This can be either "ascii"
 					or "scancode". Default is set to "ascii"
@@ -216,6 +232,22 @@  Description:
 					two char code (e.g. "us", "fr", "gr") and may vary per platform.
 					Default is set to "us"
 
+		level:
+					Available for HDD and NVMe authentication to set 'user' or 'master'
+					privilege level.
+					If only the user password is configured then this should be used to
+					unlock the drive at boot. If both master and user passwords are set
+					then either can be used. If a master password is set a user password
+					is required.
+					This attribute defaults to 'user' level
+
+		index:
+					Used with HDD and NVME authentication to set the drive index
+					that is being referenced (e.g hdd0, hdd1 etc)
+					This attribute defaults to device 0.
+
+
+
 What:		/sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/attributes/pending_reboot
 Date:		February 2021
 KernelVersion:	5.11