On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 19:35:35 +0000 Tomasz Kramkowski <tk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 11:11:14AM -0600, Doug Newgard wrote: > > On Mon, 01 Feb 2016 22:27:01 +0530 > > Jayesh Badwaik <archlinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have read the dangers of mounting efivars as writable recently, and I think > > > there should be an entry in the archlinux installation guide and beginner's > > > guide which should say exactly what is said in the warning in [1], and then > > > link to [1] for further instructions. > > > > > > > The "dangers" are only if you do something dumb and your firmware is equally > > dumb. Even then, hopefully the kernel will take care of it. > > https://gist.github.com/mjg59/8d9d494da56fbe6d8992 > > Since when does "do something dumb" and "potentially hard brick your > motherboard" become synonymous when speaking in terms of computers? I never said it shouldn't be dealt with, I'm just saying all of the coverage is really overblown. It's a very obscure set of circumstances that leads to this, and it appears will be handled in the kernel. Let's move on now.
