linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] efi: Add support for using efivars as a pstore backend

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Date:	Tue, 7 Jun 2011 16:58:29 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>
Cc:	"tony.luck@...el.com" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Matt_Domsch@...l.com" <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] efi: Add support for using efivars as a pstore
 backend

On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 11:47:38AM -0400, Seiji Aguchi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Recently, I have suggested similar patches.
> Does your patch satisfy my purpose?

I think so. I've been testing it without problems on one machine and I'm 
about to try it on a different vendor. It seemed easier to reuse the 
efivars infrastructure than writing another implementation, and the 
efivars code has at least been tested enough for boot configuration to 
work.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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