linux-kernel - Re: [RFC,PATCH v2] efi: Add support for a UEFI variable filesystem

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Date:	Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:52:13 -0400
From:	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>
To:	joeyli <jlee@...e.com>
Cc:	jeremy.kerr@...onical.com, Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH v2] efi: Add support for a UEFI variable filesystem

On Thu, 2012-09-13 at 16:10 +0800, joeyli wrote:

> Do we have plan to create a new kobject add to /sys/firmware/efi for
> provide a fixed mount point to efivars fs?
> e.g. /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
> 
> Or we just direct reuse current /sys/firmeware/efi/vars? But, that means
> we need think for the backward compatibility if choice reuse vars
> folder.

I'm not sure that's a terribly large concern - if you haven't updated
your tools to use the new efivars, don't mount the new efivars.

-- 
  Peter

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