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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] firmware_loader: introduce new API -
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:18:05 +0200
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On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 11:14:55AM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> Well, I haven't come across a scenario where you need a brand new
> interface for getting it *out* of the kernel again.

Well, how are we going to read crash data on next boot then? EFI var or
what? Are we going to have a generic interface like

/sys/.../capsule/...

or how are we imagining this to look like?

Can you give a detailed example please...

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