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 What:		/sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/attributes/*/
 Date:		February 2021
 KernelVersion:	5.11
 Contact:	Divya Bharathi <Divya.Bharathi@Dell.com>,
 		Prasanth KSR <prasanth.ksr@dell.com>
 		Dell.Client.Kernel@dell.com
 Description:
 		A sysfs interface for systems management software to enable
 		configuration capability on supported systems.  This directory
 		exposes interfaces for interacting with configuration options.

 		Unless otherwise specified in an attribute description all attributes are optional
 		and will accept UTF-8 input.

 		type:
 		    A file that can be read to obtain the type of attribute.
 		    This attribute is mandatory.

 		The following are known types:

 			- enumeration: a set of pre-defined valid values
 			- integer: a range of numerical values
 			- string

 		All attribute types support the following values:

 		current_value:
 				A file that can be read to obtain the current
 				value of the <attr>.

 				This file can also be written to in order to update the value of a
 				<attr>

 				This attribute is mandatory.

 		default_value:
 				A file that can be read to obtain the default
 				value of the <attr>

 		display_name:
 				A file that can be read to obtain a user friendly
 				description of the at <attr>

 		display_name_language_code:
 						A file that can be read to obtain
 						the IETF language tag corresponding to the
 						"display_name" of the <attr>

 		"enumeration"-type specific properties:

 		possible_values:
 					A file that can be read to obtain the possible
 					values of the <attr>. Values are separated using
 					semi-colon (``;``).

 		"integer"-type specific properties:

 		min_value:
 				A file that can be read to obtain the lower
 				bound value of the <attr>

 		max_value:
 				A file that can be read to obtain the upper
 				bound value of the <attr>

 		scalar_increment:
 					A file that can be read to obtain the scalar value used for
 					increments of current_value this attribute accepts.

 		"string"-type specific properties:

 		max_length:
 				A file that can be read to obtain the maximum
 				length value of the <attr>

 		min_length:
 				A file that can be read to obtain the minimum
 				length value of the <attr>

 		Dell specific class extensions
 		------------------------------

 		On Dell systems the following additional attributes are available:

 		dell_modifier:
 				A file that can be read to obtain attribute-level
 				dependency rule. It says an attribute X will become read-only or
 				suppressed, if/if-not attribute Y is configured.

 				modifier rules can be in following format::

 				    [ReadOnlyIf:<attribute>=<value>]
 				    [ReadOnlyIfNot:<attribute>=<value>]
 				    [SuppressIf:<attribute>=<value>]
 				    [SuppressIfNot:<attribute>=<value>]

 				For example::

 				    AutoOnFri/dell_modifier has value,
 					    [SuppressIfNot:AutoOn=SelectDays]

 				This means AutoOnFri will be suppressed in BIOS setup if AutoOn
 				attribute is not "SelectDays" and its value will not be effective
 				through sysfs until this rule is met.

 		Enumeration attributes also support the following:

 		dell_value_modifier:
 					A file that can be read to obtain value-level dependency.
 					This file is similar to dell_modifier but here,	an
 					attribute's current value will be forcefully changed based
 					dependent attributes value.

 					dell_value_modifier rules can be in following format::

 					    <value>[ForceIf:<attribute>=<value>]
 					    <value>[ForceIfNot:<attribute>=<value>]

 					For example::

 					    LegacyOrom/dell_value_modifier has value:
 						    Disabled[ForceIf:SecureBoot=Enabled]

 					This means LegacyOrom's current value will be forced to
 					"Disabled" in BIOS setup if SecureBoot is Enabled and its
 					value will not be effective through sysfs until this rule is
 					met.

 What:		/sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/authentication/
 Date:		February 2021
 KernelVersion:	5.11
 Contact:	Divya Bharathi <Divya.Bharathi@Dell.com>,
 		Prasanth KSR <prasanth.ksr@dell.com>
 		Dell.Client.Kernel@dell.com
 Description:
 		Devices support various authentication mechanisms which can be exposed
 		as a separate configuration object.

 		For example a "BIOS Admin" password and "System" Password can be set,
 		reset or cleared using these attributes.

 		- An "Admin" password is used for preventing modification to the BIOS
 		  settings.
 		- A "System" password is required to boot a machine.

 		Change in any of these two authentication methods will also generate an
 		uevent KOBJ_CHANGE.

 		is_enabled:
 					A file that can be read to obtain a 0/1 flag to see if
 					<attr> authentication is enabled.
 					This attribute is mandatory.

 		role:
 					The type of authentication used.
 					This attribute is mandatory.

 					Known types:
 						bios-admin:
 							Representing BIOS administrator password
 						power-on:
 							Representing a password required to use
 							the system
 						system-mgmt:
 							Representing System Management password.
 							See Lenovo extensions section for details
 						HDD:
 							Representing HDD password
 							See Lenovo extensions section for details
 						NVMe:
 							Representing NVMe password
 							See Lenovo extensions section for details

 		mechanism:
 					The means of authentication.  This attribute is mandatory.
 					Only supported type currently is "password".

 		max_password_length:
 					A file that can be read to obtain the
 					maximum length of the Password

 		min_password_length:
 					A file that can be read to obtain the
 					minimum length of the Password

 		current_password:
 					A write only value used for privileged access such as
 					setting	attributes when a system or admin password is set
 					or resetting to a new password

 					This attribute is mandatory when mechanism == "password".

 		new_password:
 					A write only value that when used in tandem with
 					current_password will reset a system or admin password.

 		Note, password management is session specific. If Admin password is set,
 		same password must be written into current_password file (required for
 		password-validation) and must be cleared once the session is over.
 		For example::

 			echo "password" > current_password
 			echo "disabled" > TouchScreen/current_value
 			echo "" > current_password

 		Drivers may emit a CHANGE uevent when a password is set or unset
 		userspace may check it again.

 		On Dell and Lenovo systems, if Admin password is set, then all BIOS attributes
 		require password validation.
 		On Lenovo systems if you change the Admin password the new password is not active until
 		the next boot.

 		Lenovo specific class extensions
 		--------------------------------

 		On Lenovo systems the following additional settings are available:

 		role: system-mgmt	This gives the same authority as the bios-admin password to control
 					security related features. The authorities allocated can be set via
 					the BIOS menu SMP Access Control Policy

 		role: HDD & NVMe	This password is used to unlock access to the drive at boot. Note see
 					'level' and 'index' extensions below.

 		lenovo_encoding:
 					The encoding method that is used. This can be either "ascii"
 					or "scancode". Default is set to "ascii"

 		lenovo_kbdlang:
 					The keyboard language method that is used. This is generally a
 					two char code (e.g. "us", "fr", "gr") and may vary per platform.
 					Default is set to "us"

 		level:
 					Available for HDD and NVMe authentication to set 'user' or 'master'
 					privilege level.
 					If only the user password is configured then this should be used to
 					unlock the drive at boot. If both master and user passwords are set
 					then either can be used. If a master password is set a user password
 					is required.
 					This attribute defaults to 'user' level

 		index:
 					Used with HDD and NVME authentication to set the drive index
 					that is being referenced (e.g hdd0, hdd1 etc)
 					This attribute defaults to device 0.

 		certificate, signature, save_signature:
 					These attributes are used for certificate based authentication. This is
 					used in conjunction with a signing server as an alternative to password
 					based authentication.
 					The user writes to the attribute(s) with a BASE64 encoded string obtained
 					from the signing server.
 					The attributes can be displayed to check the stored value.

 					Some usage examples:

 						Installing a certificate to enable feature::

 							echo "supervisor password" > authentication/Admin/current_password
 							echo "signed certificate" > authentication/Admin/certificate

 						Updating the installed certificate::

 							echo "signature" > authentication/Admin/signature
 							echo "signed certificate" > authentication/Admin/certificate

 						Removing the installed certificate::

 							echo "signature" > authentication/Admin/signature
 							echo "" > authentication/Admin/certificate

 						Changing a BIOS setting::

 							echo "signature" > authentication/Admin/signature
 							echo "save signature" > authentication/Admin/save_signature
 							echo Enable > attribute/PasswordBeep/current_value

 					You cannot enable certificate authentication if a supervisor password
 					has not been set.
 					Clearing the certificate results in no bios-admin authentication method
 					being configured allowing anyone to make changes.
 					After any of these operations the system must reboot for the changes to
 					take effect.

 		certificate_thumbprint:
 					Read only attribute used to display the MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 thumbprints
 					for the certificate installed in the BIOS.

 		certificate_to_password:
 					Write only attribute used to switch from certificate based authentication
 					back to password based.
 					Usage::

 						echo "signature" > authentication/Admin/signature
 						echo "password" > authentication/Admin/certificate_to_password


 What:		/sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/attributes/pending_reboot
 Date:		February 2021
 KernelVersion:	5.11
 Contact:	Divya Bharathi <Divya.Bharathi@Dell.com>,
 		Prasanth KSR <prasanth.ksr@dell.com>
 		Dell.Client.Kernel@dell.com
 Description:
 		A read-only attribute reads 1 if a reboot is necessary to apply
 		pending BIOS attribute changes. Also, an uevent_KOBJ_CHANGE is
 		generated when it changes to 1.

 			==	=========================================
 			0	All BIOS attributes setting are current
 			1	A reboot is necessary to get pending BIOS
 			        attribute changes applied
 			==	=========================================

 		Note, userspace applications need to follow below steps for efficient
 		BIOS management,

 		1.	Check if admin password is set. If yes, follow session method for
 			password management as briefed under authentication section above.
 		2.	Before setting any attribute, check if it has any modifiers
 			or value_modifiers. If yes, incorporate them and then modify
 			attribute.

 		Drivers may emit a CHANGE uevent when this value changes and userspace
 		may check it again.

 What:		/sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/attributes/reset_bios
 Date:		February 2021
 KernelVersion:	5.11
 Contact:	Divya Bharathi <Divya.Bharathi@Dell.com>,
 		Prasanth KSR <prasanth.ksr@dell.com>
 		Dell.Client.Kernel@dell.com
 Description:
 		This attribute can be used to reset the BIOS Configuration.
 		Specifically, it tells which type of reset BIOS configuration is being
 		requested on the host.

 		Reading from it returns a list of supported options encoded as:

 			- 'builtinsafe' (Built in safe configuration profile)
 			- 'lastknowngood' (Last known good saved configuration profile)
 			- 'factory' (Default factory settings configuration profile)
 			- 'custom' (Custom saved configuration profile)

 		The currently selected option is printed in square brackets as
 		shown below::

 		    # echo "factory" > /sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/device/attributes/reset_bios
 		    # cat /sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/device/attributes/reset_bios
 		    builtinsafe lastknowngood [factory] custom

 		Note that any changes to this attribute requires a reboot
 		for changes to take effect.

 What:		/sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/attributes/debug_cmd
 Date:		July 2021
 KernelVersion:	5.14
 Contact:	Mark Pearson <markpearson@lenovo.com>
 Description:
 		This write only attribute can be used to send debug commands to the BIOS.
 		This should only be used when recommended by the BIOS vendor. Vendors may
 		use it to enable extra debug attributes or BIOS features for testing purposes.

 		Note that any changes to this attribute requires a reboot for changes to take effect.
	What: /sys/class/firmware-attributes//attributes//
	Date: February 2021
	KernelVersion: 5.11
	Contact: Divya Bharathi <Divya.Bharathi@Dell.com>,
	Prasanth KSR <prasanth.ksr@dell.com>
	Dell.Client.Kernel@dell.com
	Description:
	A sysfs interface for systems management software to enable
	configuration capability on supported systems. This directory
	exposes interfaces for interacting with configuration options.

	Unless otherwise specified in an attribute description all attributes are optional
	and will accept UTF-8 input.

	type:
	A file that can be read to obtain the type of attribute.
	This attribute is mandatory.

	The following are known types:

	- enumeration: a set of pre-defined valid values
	- integer: a range of numerical values
	- string

	All attribute types support the following values:

	current_value:
	A file that can be read to obtain the current
	value of the <attr>.

	This file can also be written to in order to update the value of a
	<attr>

	This attribute is mandatory.

	default_value:
	A file that can be read to obtain the default
	value of the <attr>

	display_name:
	A file that can be read to obtain a user friendly
	description of the at <attr>

	display_name_language_code:
	A file that can be read to obtain
	the IETF language tag corresponding to the
	"display_name" of the <attr>

	"enumeration"-type specific properties:

	possible_values:
	A file that can be read to obtain the possible
	values of the <attr>. Values are separated using
	semi-colon (``;``).

	"integer"-type specific properties:

	min_value:
	A file that can be read to obtain the lower
	bound value of the <attr>

	max_value:
	A file that can be read to obtain the upper
	bound value of the <attr>

	scalar_increment:
	A file that can be read to obtain the scalar value used for
	increments of current_value this attribute accepts.

	"string"-type specific properties:

	max_length:
	A file that can be read to obtain the maximum
	length value of the <attr>

	min_length:
	A file that can be read to obtain the minimum
	length value of the <attr>

	Dell specific class extensions
	------------------------------

	On Dell systems the following additional attributes are available:

	dell_modifier:
	A file that can be read to obtain attribute-level
	dependency rule. It says an attribute X will become read-only or
	suppressed, if/if-not attribute Y is configured.

	modifier rules can be in following format::

	[ReadOnlyIf:<attribute>=<value>]
	[ReadOnlyIfNot:<attribute>=<value>]
	[SuppressIf:<attribute>=<value>]
	[SuppressIfNot:<attribute>=<value>]

	For example::

	AutoOnFri/dell_modifier has value,
	[SuppressIfNot:AutoOn=SelectDays]

	This means AutoOnFri will be suppressed in BIOS setup if AutoOn
	attribute is not "SelectDays" and its value will not be effective
	through sysfs until this rule is met.

	Enumeration attributes also support the following:

	dell_value_modifier:
	A file that can be read to obtain value-level dependency.
	This file is similar to dell_modifier but here, an
	attribute's current value will be forcefully changed based
	dependent attributes value.

	dell_value_modifier rules can be in following format::

	<value>[ForceIf:<attribute>=<value>]
	<value>[ForceIfNot:<attribute>=<value>]

	For example::

	LegacyOrom/dell_value_modifier has value:
	Disabled[ForceIf:SecureBoot=Enabled]

	This means LegacyOrom's current value will be forced to
	"Disabled" in BIOS setup if SecureBoot is Enabled and its
	value will not be effective through sysfs until this rule is
	met.

	What: /sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/authentication/
	Date: February 2021
	KernelVersion: 5.11
	Contact: Divya Bharathi <Divya.Bharathi@Dell.com>,
	Prasanth KSR <prasanth.ksr@dell.com>
	Dell.Client.Kernel@dell.com
	Description:
	Devices support various authentication mechanisms which can be exposed
	as a separate configuration object.

	For example a "BIOS Admin" password and "System" Password can be set,
	reset or cleared using these attributes.

	- An "Admin" password is used for preventing modification to the BIOS
	settings.
	- A "System" password is required to boot a machine.

	Change in any of these two authentication methods will also generate an
	uevent KOBJ_CHANGE.

	is_enabled:
	A file that can be read to obtain a 0/1 flag to see if
	<attr> authentication is enabled.
	This attribute is mandatory.

	role:
	The type of authentication used.
	This attribute is mandatory.

	Known types:
	bios-admin:
	Representing BIOS administrator password
	power-on:
	Representing a password required to use
	the system
	system-mgmt:
	Representing System Management password.
	See Lenovo extensions section for details
	HDD:
	Representing HDD password
	See Lenovo extensions section for details
	NVMe:
	Representing NVMe password
	See Lenovo extensions section for details

	mechanism:
	The means of authentication. This attribute is mandatory.
	Only supported type currently is "password".

	max_password_length:
	A file that can be read to obtain the
	maximum length of the Password

	min_password_length:
	A file that can be read to obtain the
	minimum length of the Password

	current_password:
	A write only value used for privileged access such as
	setting attributes when a system or admin password is set
	or resetting to a new password

	This attribute is mandatory when mechanism == "password".

	new_password:
	A write only value that when used in tandem with
	current_password will reset a system or admin password.

	Note, password management is session specific. If Admin password is set,
	same password must be written into current_password file (required for
	password-validation) and must be cleared once the session is over.
	For example::

	echo "password" > current_password
	echo "disabled" > TouchScreen/current_value
	echo "" > current_password

	Drivers may emit a CHANGE uevent when a password is set or unset
	userspace may check it again.

	On Dell and Lenovo systems, if Admin password is set, then all BIOS attributes
	require password validation.
	On Lenovo systems if you change the Admin password the new password is not active until
	the next boot.

	Lenovo specific class extensions
	--------------------------------

	On Lenovo systems the following additional settings are available:

	role: system-mgmt This gives the same authority as the bios-admin password to control
	security related features. The authorities allocated can be set via
	the BIOS menu SMP Access Control Policy

	role: HDD & NVMe This password is used to unlock access to the drive at boot. Note see
	'level' and 'index' extensions below.

	lenovo_encoding:
	The encoding method that is used. This can be either "ascii"
	or "scancode". Default is set to "ascii"

	lenovo_kbdlang:
	The keyboard language method that is used. This is generally a
	two char code (e.g. "us", "fr", "gr") and may vary per platform.
	Default is set to "us"

	level:
	Available for HDD and NVMe authentication to set 'user' or 'master'
	privilege level.
	If only the user password is configured then this should be used to
	unlock the drive at boot. If both master and user passwords are set
	then either can be used. If a master password is set a user password
	is required.
	This attribute defaults to 'user' level

	index:
	Used with HDD and NVME authentication to set the drive index
	that is being referenced (e.g hdd0, hdd1 etc)
	This attribute defaults to device 0.

	certificate, signature, save_signature:
	These attributes are used for certificate based authentication. This is
	used in conjunction with a signing server as an alternative to password
	based authentication.
	The user writes to the attribute(s) with a BASE64 encoded string obtained
	from the signing server.
	The attributes can be displayed to check the stored value.

	Some usage examples:

	Installing a certificate to enable feature::

	echo "supervisor password" > authentication/Admin/current_password
	echo "signed certificate" > authentication/Admin/certificate

	Updating the installed certificate::

	echo "signature" > authentication/Admin/signature
	echo "signed certificate" > authentication/Admin/certificate

	Removing the installed certificate::

	echo "signature" > authentication/Admin/signature
	echo "" > authentication/Admin/certificate

	Changing a BIOS setting::

	echo "signature" > authentication/Admin/signature
	echo "save signature" > authentication/Admin/save_signature
	echo Enable > attribute/PasswordBeep/current_value

	You cannot enable certificate authentication if a supervisor password
	has not been set.
	Clearing the certificate results in no bios-admin authentication method
	being configured allowing anyone to make changes.
	After any of these operations the system must reboot for the changes to
	take effect.

	certificate_thumbprint:
	Read only attribute used to display the MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 thumbprints
	for the certificate installed in the BIOS.

	certificate_to_password:
	Write only attribute used to switch from certificate based authentication
	back to password based.
	Usage::

	echo "signature" > authentication/Admin/signature
	echo "password" > authentication/Admin/certificate_to_password


	What: /sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/attributes/pending_reboot
	Date: February 2021
	KernelVersion: 5.11
	Contact: Divya Bharathi <Divya.Bharathi@Dell.com>,
	Prasanth KSR <prasanth.ksr@dell.com>
	Dell.Client.Kernel@dell.com
	Description:
	A read-only attribute reads 1 if a reboot is necessary to apply
	pending BIOS attribute changes. Also, an uevent_KOBJ_CHANGE is
	generated when it changes to 1.

	== =========================================
	0 All BIOS attributes setting are current
	1 A reboot is necessary to get pending BIOS
	attribute changes applied
	== =========================================

	Note, userspace applications need to follow below steps for efficient
	BIOS management,

	1. Check if admin password is set. If yes, follow session method for
	password management as briefed under authentication section above.
	2. Before setting any attribute, check if it has any modifiers
	or value_modifiers. If yes, incorporate them and then modify
	attribute.

	Drivers may emit a CHANGE uevent when this value changes and userspace
	may check it again.

	What: /sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/attributes/reset_bios
	Date: February 2021
	KernelVersion: 5.11
	Contact: Divya Bharathi <Divya.Bharathi@Dell.com>,
	Prasanth KSR <prasanth.ksr@dell.com>
	Dell.Client.Kernel@dell.com
	Description:
	This attribute can be used to reset the BIOS Configuration.
	Specifically, it tells which type of reset BIOS configuration is being
	requested on the host.

	Reading from it returns a list of supported options encoded as:

	- 'builtinsafe' (Built in safe configuration profile)
	- 'lastknowngood' (Last known good saved configuration profile)
	- 'factory' (Default factory settings configuration profile)
	- 'custom' (Custom saved configuration profile)

	The currently selected option is printed in square brackets as
	shown below::

	# echo "factory" > /sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/device/attributes/reset_bios
	# cat /sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/device/attributes/reset_bios
	builtinsafe lastknowngood [factory] custom

	Note that any changes to this attribute requires a reboot
	for changes to take effect.

	What: /sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/attributes/debug_cmd
	Date: July 2021
	KernelVersion: 5.14
	Contact: Mark Pearson <markpearson@lenovo.com>
	Description:
	This write only attribute can be used to send debug commands to the BIOS.
	This should only be used when recommended by the BIOS vendor. Vendors may
	use it to enable extra debug attributes or BIOS features for testing purposes.

	Note that any changes to this attribute requires a reboot for changes to take effect.