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

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Date:	Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:45:42 +0800
From:	joeyli <jlee@...e.com>
To:	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.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>, glin@...e.com
Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH v2] efi: Add support for a UEFI variable filesystem

Hi Peter, 

於 四，2012-09-13 於 09:52 -0400，Peter Jones 提到：
> 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.
> 

Thanks for your comment!

Joey Lee

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