Re: [RFC] fs: make efivarfs a pseudo filesystem, built by default with EFI

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On Thu, 18 Dec, at 05:50:49PM, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> efivars is currently enabled under MISC_FILESYSTEMS, which is decribed
> as "such as filesystems that came from other operating systems".
> In reality, it is a pseudo filesystem, providing access to the kernel
> UEFI variable interface.
> 
> Since this is the preferred interface for accessing UEFI variables, over
> the legacy efivars interface, also build it by default as a module if
> CONFIG_EFI.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/Kconfig          | 2 +-
>  fs/efivarfs/Kconfig | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Looks good to me Leif.

Unless I hear otherwise, I'll apply this to the 'next' branch of the EFI
tree this week.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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