On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:40:06AM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep, at 09:13:05AM, Peter Jones wrote:
> >
> > Really I just prefer to have them say the same thing the spec does - but
> > your point is certainly valid. Would you be happier with it if I put a
> > check in that only prints the new way for, say, revisions newer than
> > 2.6, and prints them the older way otherwise?
>
> Because /sys/firmware/efi/spec_version is a new file, I'm totally
> happy with printing a correct version string there. There's really no
> need to maintain the version idiosyncrasy in new places.
>
> And given the extra code required to maintain backwards compatibility
> for versions <= 2.6 but only in the boot paths, I think the simplest
> solution is to drop this patch.
Okay, that's fine by me since we now have the other interface.
--
Peter
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