CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER: EFI capsule loader

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER:

• prompt: EFI capsule loader
• type: tristate
• depends on: CONFIG_EFI
• defined in drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 4.7–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.12, 6.13-rc+HEAD
• modules built: capsule-loader

Help text

This option exposes a loader interface "/dev/efi_capsule_loader" for users to load EFI capsules. This driver requires working runtime capsule support in the firmware, which many OEMs do not provide.

Most users should say N.

Hardware

LKDDb

Raw data from LKDDb:

• lkddb module capsule-loader CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER : drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig : "EFI capsule loader" # in 4.7–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.12, 6.13-rc+HEAD

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• Linux kernel
• Linux Kernel Driver DataBase (LKDDb)

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