Re: [RFC 2/3] firmware_class: split out transaction helpers

2015-08-27 Thread Matt Fleming
On Thu, 27 Aug, at 09:25:17AM, James Bottomley wrote: > On Thu, 2015-08-27 at 15:47 +0100, Matt Fleming wrote: > > > > (Sorry, I'm coming to this incredibly late) > > > > This patch is pretty neat and I wish something like this had existed > > when I originally wrote the EFI capsule patches. > >

Re: [RFC 2/3] firmware_class: split out transaction helpers

2015-08-27 Thread James Bottomley
On Thu, 2015-08-27 at 15:47 +0100, Matt Fleming wrote: > On Wed, 29 Apr, at 04:10:52PM, James Bottomley wrote: > > From: James Bottomley > > > > The firmware class contains code to manage an arbitrary sized buffer for > > discrete read and write operations. We need precisely this ability to > >

Re: [RFC 2/3] firmware_class: split out transaction helpers

2015-08-27 Thread Matt Fleming
On Wed, 29 Apr, at 04:10:52PM, James Bottomley wrote: > From: James Bottomley > > The firmware class contains code to manage an arbitrary sized buffer for > discrete read and write operations. We need precisely this ability to update > firmware capsule files (and likely for other transactions as

Re: [RFC 2/3] firmware_class: split out transaction helpers

2015-04-30 Thread James Bottomley
On Thu, 2015-04-30 at 15:11 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 04:10:52PM -0700, James Bottomley wrote: > > From: James Bottomley > > > > The firmware class contains code to manage an arbitrary sized buffer for > > discrete read and write operations. We need precisely thi

Re: [RFC 2/3] firmware_class: split out transaction helpers

2015-04-30 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 04:10:52PM -0700, James Bottomley wrote: > From: James Bottomley > > The firmware class contains code to manage an arbitrary sized buffer for > discrete read and write operations. We need precisely this ability to update > firmware capsule files (and likely for other tran