[PATCH 2/2] fwu: Gracefully handle missing FWU metadata device

[Ilias Apalodimas]

On Thu, 2 Jul 2026 at 10:49, Michal Simek <michal.simek at amd.com> wrote:
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> On 7/2/26 09:41, Ilias Apalodimas wrote:
> > Hi Michal,
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> > On Tue, 30 Jun 2026 at 16:18, Michal Simek <michal.simek at amd.com> wrote:
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> >> On systems with FWU enabled but without the required DT changes the FWU
> >> metadata device is not found and fwu_boottime_checks() returns an error.
> >> Being an initcall, that non-zero return aborts the boot flow
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> >> Return 0 instead so the boot continues. The preceding log_err() still
> >> tells the user that the FWU device could not be found.
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> > Won't that affect the board later on? E.g When you do capsule updates,
> > updating the metadata will fail
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> Do you mean on systems without mdata?

Yes. if the config is enabled it will make the capsule update code
searching and updating metadata.

Cheers
/Ilias
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> Thanks,
> Michal