There has been some discussion about this.
Dell EMC systems don't require this setting anymore.
Dell client systems are not using it either.
I'm sending a patch to change the behavior of dell_rbu to LKML.
http://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2257436.html
Please feel free to change the
Oh, curious that CONFIG_DELL_RBU depends on the userspace firmware
helper (as a BIOS update sounds like the communication and request goes
from userspace to kernel, not the other way around?).
Anyway, this isn't urgent at all, so if it's not appropriate at that
time, please just close it.
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Also isn't there a second kernel module using this functionality still?
I seem to recall Dell RBU and something else both used it.
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I'm currently working on a patch set for Dell rbu and user space tools
that would allow it to work without userspace helper, but it's not yet
ready to go. Can you please wait until that's done to make this change
in Ubuntu?
Dell RBU is still in use.
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Martin - We'll also have to disable CONFIG_DELL_RBU ("BIOS update
support for DELL systems via sysfs"). Is that reasonable ? I don't know
how Dell machines are updated these days.
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