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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c | 30 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c index 8a618a3c4beb..3a740ae933f8 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c @@ -798,6 +798,36 @@ void rtas_os_term(char *str) printk(KERN_EMERG "ibm,os-term call failed %d\n", status); } +/** + * rtas_activate_firmware() - Activate a new version of firmware. + * + * Activate a new version of partition firmware. The OS must call this + * after resuming from a partition hibernation or migration in order + * to maintain the ability to perform live firmware updates. It's not + * catastrophic for this method to be absent or to fail; just log the + * condition in that case. + * + * Context: This function may sleep. + */ +void rtas_activate_firmware(void) +{ + int token; + int fwrc; + + token = rtas_token("ibm,activate-firmware"); + if (token == RTAS_UNKNOWN_SERVICE) { + pr_notice("ibm,activate-firmware method unavailable\n"); + return; + } + + do { + fwrc = rtas_call(token, 0, 1, NULL); + } while (rtas_busy_delay(fwrc)); + + if (fwrc) + pr_err("ibm,activate-firmware failed (%i)\n", fwrc); +} + static int ibm_suspend_me_token = RTAS_UNKNOWN_SERVICE; #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES static int __rtas_suspend_last_cpu(struct rtas_suspend_me_data *data, int wake_when_done) |