linux-kernel - Add an EFI pstore backend

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Message-Id: <1311021033-7483-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:30:24 -0400
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
To:	x86@...nel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mikew@...gle.com, tony.luck@...el.com
Subject: Add an EFI pstore backend 

EFI provides enough non-volatile storage to make it convenient for storing
crash dumps. Extend the pstore API a little to make it easier to handle
this, then add support to efivars. Some cleanup patches from Mike Waychison
then follow.

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