On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 08:35:15AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 02:22:22AM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > What is this for?
> >
> > efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs
> >
> > why would the OS need to know anything about the UEFI
> > boot loader once it is up an
On 9/22/21 4:41 AM, FMDF wrote:
> What is this for?
>
> efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs
>
> why would the OS need to know anything about the UEFI
> boot loader once it is up and running?
>
>
> Not from the boot loader, but the OS needs system information from
On 9/22/21 2:35 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> Because there are lots of needed system information that the OS, and
> userspace, needs to get from UEFI after the system has booted.
OS's shouldn't need anything from a boot loader. That ties the OS to
the bootloader completely without need.
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On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 11:47:42AM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 08:35:15AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 02:22:22AM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > > What is this for?
> > >
> > > efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs
> > >
> > > why would th
On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 11:58:55AM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
> On 9/22/21 2:35 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> > Because there are lots of needed system information that the OS, and
> > userspace, needs to get from UEFI after the system has booted.
>
> OS's shouldn't need anything from a boot loader. That t
On Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:58:55 -0400, Ruben Safir said:
> OS's shouldn't need anything from a boot loader. That ties the OS to
> the bootloader completely without need.
You might want to read Documentation/x86/boot.rst and think about what the OS
is expecting to get passed from the boot loader, an
On 9/22/21 1:04 PM, Valdis Klētnieks wrote:
> And that's just the *documented* ones. So, as you were saying?
Why does it depend on variables from EFI?
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On 9/22/21 1:04 PM, Valdis Klētnieks wrote:
> You might want to read Documentation/x86/boot.rst and think about what the OS
> is expecting to get passed from the boot loader, and then think about how you
> would deal with the situation if that information wasn't passed along.
Link?
FWIW, it doe
On 9/22/21 1:04 PM, Valdis Klētnieks wrote:
> You might want to read Documentation/x86/boot.rst and think about what the OS
> is expecting to get passed from the boot loader,
Aside from that, I really just want to know what efi varriables exist
and why we have a sys file for them, not a recommen
On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 06:07:49PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 11:47:42AM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 08:35:15AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 02:22:22AM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > > > What is this for?
> > > >
> > > > efivarfs
On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 10:02:43PM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
> On 9/22/21 1:04 PM, Valdis Klētnieks wrote:
> > You might want to read Documentation/x86/boot.rst and think about what the
> > OS
> > is expecting to get passed from the boot loader, and then think about how
> > you
> > would deal wi
On Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:02:43 -0400
Ruben Safir wrote:
> Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps,
on the way
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