Patch merged into coreboot/master: 55e6e71 ELOG: Add support for flash based event log

the following patch was just integrated into master:
commit 55e6e71a6cfa49480e2789aa74746c530d578e10
Author: Duncan Laurie 
Date:   Sat Jun 23 16:08:47 2012 -0700

ELOG: Add support for flash based event log

This is based around the SMBIOS event log specification but
    expanded with OEM event types to support more specific and
    relevant system events.

It requires flash storage and a minimum 4K block (or flash block
    size) that should be allocated in the FMAP.

A copy of the event log is maintained in memory for convenience
    and speed and the in-memory copy is written to flash at specific
    points.

The log is automatically shunk when it reaches a configurable
    full threshold in order to not get stuck with a full log that
    needs OS help to clear.

ELOG implements the specification published here:
    http://code.google.com/p/firmware-event-log/wiki/FirmwareEventLogDesign

And is similar to what we use in other firmware at Google.
    This implementation does not support double-buffered flash
    regions.  This is done because speed is valued over the log
    reliability and it keeps the code simpler for the first version.

This is a large commit and by itself it just provides a new
    driver that is made available to coreboot.  Without additional
    patches it is not very useful, but the end result is an event
    log that will contain entries like this:

171 | 2012-06-23 16:02:55 | System boot | 285
    172 | 2012-06-23 16:02:55 | EC Event | Power Button
    173 | 2012-06-23 16:02:55 | SUS Power Fail
    174 | 2012-06-23 16:02:55 | System Reset
    175 | 2012-06-23 16:02:55 | ACPI Wake | S5

Change-Id: I985524c67f525c8a268eccbd856c1a4c2a426889
    Signed-off-by: Duncan Laurie

Build-Tested: build bot (Jenkins) at Tue Jul 24 15:08:55 2012, giving +1
Reviewed-By: Ronald G. Minnich  at Tue Jul 24 23:43:38 2012, giving +2
See http://review.coreboot.org/1311 for details.

-gerrit