Re: [PATCH 5/5] efi: Make efivarfs entries immutable by default

2016-02-15 Thread Matt Fleming
On Fri, 12 Feb, at 11:27:12AM, Matt Fleming wrote: > From: Peter Jones > > "rm -rf" is bricking some peoples' laptops because of variables being > used to store non-reinitializable firmware driver data that's required > to POST the hardware. > > These are 100% bugs, and they need to be fixed, bu

[PATCH 5/5] efi: Make efivarfs entries immutable by default

2016-02-12 Thread Matt Fleming
From: Peter Jones "rm -rf" is bricking some peoples' laptops because of variables being used to store non-reinitializable firmware driver data that's required to POST the hardware. These are 100% bugs, and they need to be fixed, but in the mean time it shouldn't be easy to *accidentally* brick m