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New AMD Linux Driver Ushers In Seamless Firmware Servicing "SFS"


A new Linux driver patch series posted by AMD today introduces a new kernel driver 'SFS' for Seamless Firmware Servicing

But after searching about AMD SFS, it turns out this is already supported with Turin and had been publicly documented in 2024 albeit not widely promoted. Surprisingly rather late now for getting this into the mainline Linux kernel long after the initial debut of the AMD EPYC 9005 series. In addition, SFS patching can mitigate some security issues which can reduce the frequency of unplanned maintenance events.

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