> > Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 21:06:21 +0530
> > From: Martin Pieuchot <mpieuc...@nolizard.org>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > "recent" macppc machines, power{mac,book}2.1 and onward, also known as
> > "Core99" powermac and after, have an onboard nvram of 8kB (actually 2
> > banks of 8kB).
> >
> > This nvram is used, at least by the Open Firmware, to store its
> > variables. The following diff is a driver to access the nvram
> > without calling the openfirmware. Its interest may be not that important
> > considering that we can already access the nvram through the "options"
> > node of the ofw. But here it is, if someone is interested ;)
>
> If this really only provides access to the variables that are already
> avilable through eeprom(8) through openprom(4), I don't think we
> should add this.
>
Seconded. Either the nvram memory is free to use and it gets supported
as a block device, or it is supposed to match a specific layout and the
only access to it should then be done through openprom(4).
