linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Chainsaw efivars.c

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Message-ID: <CAG-2HqVBiSMp648F=zdUBDWQ49_a=rEPJ_TH__zWtaPSjju-KQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:30:40 +0200
From:	Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>
To:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
Cc:	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Chainsaw efivars.c

Hi Matt,

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:41 PM, Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org> wrote:
> This patch series introduces the new efivar_entry API, and splits out the major
> parts of efivars.c into new files. In particular, having the efivarfs code
> under fs/ allows building an efivarfs.ko module, which means mount(8) can
> automatically load it.
>
> The remaining EFI code is repositioned under drivers/firmware/efi/.

These all look good to me, so feel free to add my Reviewed-by.

Tested on top of 3.9-rc7, with everything built as modules. Everything
works as intended: systemd correctly detects it is on an EFI system,
so mounts efivarfs, which auto-loads the required modules.

Thanks a lot!

Tom
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