The RTAS firmware flash update is conducted using an RTAS call that is
serialized by lock_rtas() which uses spin_lock. While the flash is in
progress, rtasd performs scan for any RTAS events that are generated by
the system. rtasd keeps scanning for the RTAS events generated on the
machine. This
The RTAS firmware flash update is conducted using an RTAS call that is
serialized by lock_rtas() which uses spin_lock. While the flash is in
progress, rtasd performs scan for any RTAS events that are generated by
the system. rtasd keeps scanning for the RTAS events generated on the
machine. This
The firmware flash update is conducted using an RTAS call, that is serialized
by lock_rtas() which uses spin_lock. rtasd keeps scanning for the RTAS events
generated on the machine. This is performed via a delayed workqueue, invoking
an RTAS call to scan the events.
The flash update takes a while
