From: mark.rutland@arm.com (Mark Rutland)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_VARS and EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:14:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170412161442.GB7153@leverpostej> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a80a1b2f-e5fa-36c7-5175-8a9718584720@arm.com>
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
> >
>
>
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-12 16:02 [PATCH 0/8] arm64: defconfig: enable several options useful for ARM64 server platforms Timur Tabi
2017-04-12 16:02 ` [PATCH 1/8] arm64: defconfig: resynchronize the defconfig Timur Tabi
2017-04-12 16:02 ` [PATCH 2/8] arm64: defconfig: enable ACPI_CPPC_CPUFREQ Timur Tabi
2017-04-12 16:02 ` [PATCH 3/8] arm64: defconfig: enable TCG_TPM and TCG_CRB Timur Tabi
2017-04-12 16:09 ` Mark Rutland
2017-04-12 16:44 ` Timur Tabi
2017-04-12 16:02 ` [PATCH 4/8] arm64: defconfig: enable BLK_DEV_NVME Timur Tabi
2017-04-12 16:02 ` [PATCH 5/8] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_VARS and EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER Timur Tabi
2017-04-12 16:13 ` Robin Murphy
2017-04-12 16:14 ` Mark Rutland [this message]
2017-04-12 20:58 ` Timur Tabi
2017-04-12 16:02 ` [PATCH 6/8] arm64: defconfig: enable support for PCIe hotplug Timur Tabi
2017-04-12 16:02 ` [PATCH 7/8] arm64: defconfig: enable APEI and GHES features Timur Tabi
2017-04-12 16:03 ` [PATCH 8/8] arm64: defconfig: enable EDAC options Timur Tabi
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