linux-kernel - Re: [concept & "good taste" review] persistent store

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikZm6Rm4nWxjrnNh4yY8T+b3xDqB3jXOwvUsRig@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:52:59 -0800
From:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu,
	greg@...ah.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, ying.huang@...el.com,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Kyungmin Park <kmpark@...radead.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [concept & "good taste" review] persistent store

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 2:49 AM, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:
> How are things written to the store?  Is it a record-based affair?

Yes, the ERST store is record based ... record format is defined in UEFI.
To save blobs of console logs I just defined a new uuid for a section type
that holds a bunch of bytes for me.

-Tony
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