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+What:		/sys/firmware/gsmi
+Date:		March 2011
+Contact:	Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com>
+Description:
+		Some servers used internally at Google have firmware
+		that provides callback functionality via explicit SMI
+		triggers.  Some of the callbacks are similar to those
+		provided by the EFI runtime services page, but due to
+		historical reasons this different entry-point has been
+		used.
+
+		The gsmi driver implements the kernel's abstraction for
+		these firmware callbacks.  Currently, this functionality
+		is limited to handling the system event log and getting
+		access to EFI-style variables stored in nvram.
+
+		Layout:
+
+		/sys/firmware/gsmi/vars:
+
+			This directory has the same layout (and
+			underlying implementation as /sys/firmware/efi/vars.
+			See Documentation/ABI/*/sysfs-firmware-efi-vars
+			for more information on how to interact with
+			this structure.
+
+		/sys/firmware/gsmi/append_to_eventlog - write-only:
+
+			This file takes a binary blob and passes it onto
+			the firmware to be timestamped and appended to
+			the system eventlog.  The binary format is
+			interpreted by the firmware and may change from
+			platform to platform.  The only kernel-enforced
+			requirement is that the blob be prefixed with a
+			32bit host-endian type used as part of the
+			firmware call.
+
+		/sys/firmware/gsmi/clear_config - write-only:
+
+			Writing any value to this file will cause the
+			entire firmware configuration to be reset to
+			"factory defaults".  Callers should assume that
+			a reboot is required for the configuration to be
+			cleared.
+
+		/sys/firmware/gsmi/clear_eventlog - write-only:
+
+			This file is used to clear out a portion/the
+			whole of the system event log.  Values written
+			should be values between 1 and 100 inclusive (in
+			ASCII) representing the fraction of the log to
+			clear.  Not all platforms support fractional
+			clearing though, and this writes to this file
+			will error out if the firmware doesn't like your
+			submitted fraction.
+
+			Callers should assume that a reboot is needed
+			for this operation to complete.