linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 38/54] efivars: remove new_var and del

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Message-ID: <20071127054726.GA1400@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:47:26 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Matt Tolentino <matthew.e.tolentino@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 38/54] efivars: remove new_var and del_var files from
	sysfs

On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 09:01:16AM -0600, Matt Domsch wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:59:16PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > WTF?  Passing binary structures into a sysfs file, expecting it to be in
> > the correct format/endianness?  That's just wrong on so many levels.
> > 
> > So, these files are deleted.  If you want to add them back, please do so
> > in configfs, or in debugfs.  Or use text strings, which is what sysfs is
> > only for.
> 
> 
> I have tested gregkh's patches tree, which includes this patch, the
> patch to put these back as binary blob interfaces, as well as other
> cleanups, on an Itanium2 system.  The efibootmgr userspace application
> continues to work as it did before this patch series, which I claim is
> success.  For the patches that touch drivers/firmware/efivars.c I can
> say:
> 
> Tested-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>

Great, thanks for doing this, I appreciate it.

greg k-h
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