Re: [PATCH 2/2] configs: qcom: ignore OsIndications for capsule-on-disk

["Ilias Apalodimas" <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>]

Hi Balaji,

On Thu Aug 13, 2026 at 8:56 AM EEST, Balaji Selvanathan wrote:
> Qualcomm boards apply capsule-on-disk updates from U-Boot without the
> OS first setting the OsIndications EFI variable that the capsule
> runtime normally checks. EFI_IGNORE_OSINDICATIONS makes U-Boot skip
> that check so an on-disk capsule is applied at boot.
>
> Set it once in the shared qcom_defconfig so the boards that include it
> (qcm6490, qcs615, qcs8300, qcs9100) all pick it up.
>
> Signed-off-by: Balaji Selvanathan <balaji.selvanathan@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
> The option defaults to y only while EFI_RT_VOLATILE_STORE is off. This
> series depends on "configs: qcom_defconfig: Enable EFI variable runtime
> storage" [1], which turns EFI_RT_VOLATILE_STORE on, so the default no
> longer applies and it has to be set explicitly. Apply that patch first.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20260720-runtime-v1-1-7f904b4cb3ed@oss.qualcomm.com/
> ---
>  configs/qcom_defconfig | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/configs/qcom_defconfig b/configs/qcom_defconfig
> index c52f619850d..960c44b1f70 100644
> --- a/configs/qcom_defconfig
> +++ b/configs/qcom_defconfig
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR=0xA0000000
>  # CONFIG_EFI_HAVE_RUNTIME_RESET is not set
>  CONFIG_EFI_RUNTIME_UPDATE_CAPSULE=y
>  CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_ON_DISK=y
> +CONFIG_EFI_IGNORE_OSINDICATIONS=y

You don't want to enable this. First of all that Kconfig option is set to 'y' by default.
Looking at our Kconfig again it should only be allowed if EFI_RT_VOLATILE_STORE is not enabled as
well since it breaks the EFI spec. That option was added years ago when we had no variable
runtime support. If your Kconfig enables EFI_RT_VOLATILE_STORE, you should writethat variable
on capsule updates.

Thanks
/Ilias
>  CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_FIRMWARE_RAW=y
>  CONFIG_BUTTON_CMD=y
>  CONFIG_FIT=y