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Was any time in the previous > > > fwctl discussions talked about the possibility of some extra usages for like > > > FW flashing or in-field-repair/tests where big data needs to filled bypassing > > > lockdown mode? > > > > For FW flash I do suggest you try to use devlink's firmware flashing > > interface. I think it would be really great if that could become a > > cross-subsystem standard in Linux. > > I took a look there and I do believe devlink works very well for fw flashing and > it is also already prepared for basically any pci device without any change. > Thanks for the suggestion. Jiri also has generic plugin for fwupd: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/pull/9053 So if you do the kernel side you get a whole ecosystem now.. > But now I have to ask you about 2 other use cases that are not under the > umbrella of: configuration and provisioning, but perhaps at least partially > under the umbrella of debug: > > - In-field-test-and-repair > - Error injection > > Can fwctl be used for these use cases, supposing that it FW mailboxes > commands and responses directly with no modification to the fwctl > infra itself? These sound like what fwctl was intended for, yes. Jason