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    DateMon, 26 Nov 2007 21:47:26 -0800
    FromGreg KH <>
    SubjectRe: [PATCH 38/54] efivars: remove new_var and del_var files from sysfs
    On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 09:01:16AM -0600, Matt Domsch wrote:
    > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:59:16PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
    > > WTF?  Passing binary structures into a sysfs file, expecting it to be in
    > > the correct format/endianness?  That's just wrong on so many levels.
    > > 
    > > So, these files are deleted.  If you want to add them back, please do so
    > > in configfs, or in debugfs.  Or use text strings, which is what sysfs is
    > > only for.
    > 
    > 
    > I have tested gregkh's patches tree, which includes this patch, the
    > patch to put these back as binary blob interfaces, as well as other
    > cleanups, on an Itanium2 system.  The efibootmgr userspace application
    > continues to work as it did before this patch series, which I claim is
    > success.  For the patches that touch drivers/firmware/efivars.c I can
    > say:
    > 
    > Tested-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
    
    Great, thanks for doing this, I appreciate it.
    
    greg k-h
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