Adding upstream version 6.1.76.upstream/6.1.76

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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+What:		/sys/firmware/secvar
+Date:		August 2019
+Contact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
+Description:	This directory is created if the POWER firmware supports OS
+		secureboot, thereby secure variables. It exposes interface
+		for reading/writing the secure variables
+
+What:		/sys/firmware/secvar/vars
+Date:		August 2019
+Contact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
+Description:	This directory lists all the secure variables that are supported
+		by the firmware.
+
+What:		/sys/firmware/secvar/format
+Date:		August 2019
+Contact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
+Description:	A string indicating which backend is in use by the firmware.
+		This determines the format of the variable and the accepted
+		format of variable updates.
+
+What:		/sys/firmware/secvar/vars/<variable name>
+Date:		August 2019
+Contact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
+Description:	Each secure variable is represented as a directory named as
+		<variable_name>. The variable name is unique and is in ASCII
+		representation. The data and size can be determined by reading
+		their respective attribute files.
+
+What:		/sys/firmware/secvar/vars/<variable_name>/size
+Date:		August 2019
+Contact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
+Description:	An integer representation of the size of the content of the
+		variable. In other words, it represents the size of the data.
+
+What:		/sys/firmware/secvar/vars/<variable_name>/data
+Date:		August 2019
+Contact:	Nayna Jain h<nayna@linux.ibm.com>
+Description:	A read-only file containing the value of the variable. The size
+		of the file represents the maximum size of the variable data.
+
+What:		/sys/firmware/secvar/vars/<variable_name>/update
+Date:		August 2019
+Contact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
+Description:	A write-only file that is used to submit the new value for the
+		variable. The size of the file represents the maximum size of
+		the variable data that can be written.