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| author | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2019-12-05 13:16:58 -0800 |
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| committer | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2019-12-05 13:18:54 -0800 |
| commit | 942e6f8a8314e5550e254519dfba4ccd5170421d (patch) | |
| tree | 75ec655b440fbc1c454247af38b5596dd8c78de9 /Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-secvar | |
| parent | 336bab731be76a90291697e51d2aed0ad67d7cb5 (diff) | |
| parent | b08baef02b26cf7c2123e4a24a2fa1fb7a593ffb (diff) | |
Merge mainline/master into arm/fixes
This brings in the mainline tree right after armsoc contents was merged
this release cycle, so that we can re-run savedefconfig, etc.
Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-secvar b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-secvar new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..feebb8c57294 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-secvar @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +What: /sys/firmware/secvar +Date: August 2019 +Contact: Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com> +Description: This directory is created if the POWER firmware supports OS + secureboot, thereby secure variables. It exposes interface + for reading/writing the secure variables + +What: /sys/firmware/secvar/vars +Date: August 2019 +Contact: Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com> +Description: This directory lists all the secure variables that are supported + by the firmware. + +What: /sys/firmware/secvar/format +Date: August 2019 +Contact: Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com> +Description: A string indicating which backend is in use by the firmware. + This determines the format of the variable and the accepted + format of variable updates. + +What: /sys/firmware/secvar/vars/<variable name> +Date: August 2019 +Contact: Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com> +Description: Each secure variable is represented as a directory named as + <variable_name>. The variable name is unique and is in ASCII + representation. The data and size can be determined by reading + their respective attribute files. + +What: /sys/firmware/secvar/vars/<variable_name>/size +Date: August 2019 +Contact: Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com> +Description: An integer representation of the size of the content of the + variable. In other words, it represents the size of the data. + +What: /sys/firmware/secvar/vars/<variable_name>/data +Date: August 2019 +Contact: Nayna Jain h<nayna@linux.ibm.com> +Description: A read-only file containing the value of the variable. The size + of the file represents the maximum size of the variable data. + +What: /sys/firmware/secvar/vars/<variable_name>/update +Date: August 2019 +Contact: Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com> +Description: A write-only file that is used to submit the new value for the + variable. The size of the file represents the maximum size of + the variable data that can be written. |