linux-kernel - [git pull] pstore changes

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Message-Id: <4e36dad425294f12e2@agluck-desktop.sc.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:56:52 -0700
From:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [git pull] pstore changes

Hi Linus,

please pull from:

	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6.git pstore-efi

This will update the files shown below - adding a new pstore backend that
uses EFI variables as persistant storage.

Thanks!

-Tony

 Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore    |    6 +
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    2 +
 drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c            |   20 ++-
 drivers/firmware/efivars.c          |  243 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 fs/pstore/inode.c                   |   12 +-
 fs/pstore/internal.h                |    2 +-
 fs/pstore/platform.c                |   30 +++-
 include/linux/efi.h                 |    6 +
 include/linux/pstore.h              |    9 +-
 9 files changed, 296 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

Matthew Garrett (5):
      pstore: Extend API for more flexibility in new backends
      pstore: Add extra context for writes and erases
      pstore: Make "part" unsigned
      pstore: Allow the user to explicitly choose a backend
      efi: Add support for using efivars as a pstore backend

Mike Waychison (4):
      efivars: String functions
      efivars: introduce utf16_strncmp
      efivars: Use string functions in pstore_write
      efivars: Introduce PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES

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