linux-toradex.git/drivers/firmware/Kconfig, branch v3.10.78

efivars: Move pstore code into the new EFI directory

2013-04-17T12:24:01+00:00

efivars.c has grown far too large and needs to be divided up. Create a
new directory and move the persistence storage code to efi-pstore.c now
that it uses the new efivar API. This helps us to greatly reduce the
size of efivars.c and paves the way for moving other code out of
efivars.c.

Note that because CONFIG_EFI_VARS can be built as a module efi-pstore
must also include support for building as a module.

Reviewed-by: Tom Gundersen 
Tested-by: Tom Gundersen 
Cc: Seiji Aguchi 
Cc: Anton Vorontsov 
Cc: Colin Cross 
Cc: Kees Cook 
Cc: Matthew Garrett 
Cc: Tony Luck 
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming

efivars: Add module parameter to disable use as a pstore backend

2013-03-21T12:43:46+00:00

We know that with some firmware implementations writing too much data to
UEFI variables can lead to bricking machines. Recent changes attempt to
address this issue, but for some it may still be prudent to avoid
writing large amounts of data until the solution has been proven on a
wide variety of hardware.

Crash dumps or other data from pstore can potentially be a large data
source. Add a pstore_module parameter to efivars to allow disabling its
use as a backend for pstore. Also add a config option,
CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE_DEFAULT_DISABLE, to allow setting the default
value of this paramter to true (i.e. disabled by default).

Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee 
Cc: Josh Boyer 
Cc: Matthew Garrett 
Cc: Seiji Aguchi 
Cc: Tony Luck 
Cc: 
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming

efivars: Allow disabling use as a pstore backend

2013-03-21T12:43:46+00:00

Add a new option, CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE, which can be set to N to
avoid using efivars as a backend to pstore, as some users may want to
compile out the code completely.

Set the default to Y to maintain backwards compatability, since this
feature has always been enabled until now.

Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee 
Cc: Josh Boyer 
Cc: Matthew Garrett 
Cc: Seiji Aguchi 
Cc: Tony Luck 
Cc: 
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming

ASoC: Move SigmaDSP firmware loader to ASoC

2011-11-29T12:01:10+00:00

It has been pointed out previously, that the firmware subsystem is not the right
place for the SigmaDSP firmware loader. Furthermore the SigmaDSP is currently
only used in audio products and we are aiming for better integration into the
ASoC framework in the future, with support for ALSA controls for firmware
parameters and support dynamic power management as well. So the natural choice
for the SigmaDSP firmware loader is the ASoC subsystem.

Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen 
Acked-by: Mike Frysinger 
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown

driver: Google EFI SMI

2011-04-30T01:09:34+00:00

The "gsmi" driver bridges userland with firmware specific routines for
accessing hardware.

Currently, this driver only supports NVRAM and eventlog information.
Deprecated functions have been removed from the driver, though their
op-codes are left in place so that they are not re-used.

This driver works by trampolining into the firmware via the smi_command
outlined in the FADT table.  Three protocols are used due to various
limitations over time, but all are included herein.

This driver should only ever load on Google boards, identified by either
a "Google, Inc." board vendor string in DMI, or "GOOGLE" in the OEM
strings of the FADT ACPI table.  This logic happens in
gsmi_system_valid().

Signed-off-by: Duncan Laurie 
Signed-off-by: Aaron Durbin 
Signed-off-by: Mike Waychison 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

sigma-firmware: loader for Analog Devices' SigmaStudio

2011-03-23T00:44:15+00:00

Analog Devices' SigmaStudio can produce firmware blobs for devices with
these DSPs embedded (like some audio codecs).  Allow these device drivers
to easily parse and load them.

Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

firmware: Basic dmi-sysfs support

2011-02-25T20:01:19+00:00

Introduce a new module "dmi-sysfs" that exports the broken out entries
of the DMI table through sysfs.

Entries are enumerated via dmi_walk() on module load, and are populated
as kobjects rooted at /sys/firmware/dmi/entries.

Entries are named "-", where:
   	: is the type of the entry, and
   	: is the ordinal count within the DMI table of that
		  entry type.  This instance is used in lieu the DMI
		  entry's handle as no assurances are made by the kernel
		  that handles are unique.

All entries export the following attributes:
   length	: The length of the formatted portion of the entry
   handle	: The handle given to this entry by the firmware
   raw		: The raw bytes of the entire entry, including the
		  formatted portion, the unformatted (strings) portion,
		  and the two terminating nul characters.
   type		: The DMI entry type
   instance	: The ordinal instance of this entry given its type.
   position	: The position ordinal of the entry within the table in
		  its entirety.

Entries in dmi-sysfs are kobject backed members called "struct
dmi_sysfs_entry" and belong to dmi_kset.  They are threaded through
entry_list (protected by entry_list_lock) so that we can find them at
cleanup time.

Signed-off-by: Mike Waychison 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kconfig: rename CONFIG_EMBEDDED to CONFIG_EXPERT

2011-01-21T01:02:05+00:00

The meaning of CONFIG_EMBEDDED has long since been obsoleted; the option
is used to configure any non-standard kernel with a much larger scope than
only small devices.

This patch renames the option to CONFIG_EXPERT in init/Kconfig and fixes
references to the option throughout the kernel.  A new CONFIG_EMBEDDED
option is added that automatically selects CONFIG_EXPERT when enabled and
can be used in the future to isolate options that should only be
considered for embedded systems (RISC architectures, SLOB, etc).

Calling the option "EXPERT" more accurately represents its intention: only
expert users who understand the impact of the configuration changes they
are making should enable it.

Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar 
Acked-by: David Woodhouse 
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes 
Cc: Greg KH 
Cc: "David S. Miller" 
Cc: Jens Axboe 
Cc: Arnd Bergmann 
Cc: Robin Holt 
Cc: 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial

2010-10-24T20:41:39+00:00

* 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (39 commits)
  Update broken web addresses in arch directory.
  Update broken web addresses in the kernel.
  Revert "drivers/usb: Remove unnecessary return's from void functions" for musb gadget
  Revert "Fix typo: configuation => configuration" partially
  ida: document IDA_BITMAP_LONGS calculation
  ext2: fix a typo on comment in ext2/inode.c
  drivers/scsi: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  drivers/s390: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  drivers/infiniband: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  drivers/gpu/drm: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  kernel/pm_qos_params.c: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  fs/ecryptfs: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  fs/seq_file.c: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data
  arm: uengine.c: remove C99 comments
  arm: scoop.c: remove C99 comments
  Fix typo configue => configure in comments
  Fix typo: configuation => configuration
  Fix typo interrest[ing|ed] => interest[ing|ed]
  Fix various typos of valid in comments
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts in:
	drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
	drivers/usb/gadget/rndis.c
	net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c

Update broken web addresses in the kernel.

2010-10-18T09:03:14+00:00

The patch below updates broken web addresses in the kernel

Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock 
Cc: Maciej W. Rozycki 
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven 
Cc: Finn Thain 
Cc: Randy Dunlap 
Cc: Matt Turner 
Cc: Dimitry Torokhov 
Cc: Mike Frysinger 
Acked-by: Ben Pfaff 
Acked-by: Hans J. Koch 
Reviewed-by: Finn Thain 
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina