Commit-ID: 62c204ddfe9649f0b1d273549f4bd68c23ed7c0d Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/62c204ddfe9649f0b1d273549f4bd68c23ed7c0d Author: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:50:49 +0000 Committer: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 14:15:58 +0000 fs: Make efivarfs a pseudo filesystem, built by default with EFI 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> Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/Kconfig | 2 +- fs/efivarfs/Kconfig | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index 664991a..a6bb530 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ config HUGETLB_PAGE def_bool HUGETLBFS source "fs/configfs/Kconfig" +source "fs/efivarfs/Kconfig" endmenu @@ -209,7 +210,6 @@ source "fs/sysv/Kconfig" source "fs/ufs/Kconfig" source "fs/exofs/Kconfig" source "fs/f2fs/Kconfig" -source "fs/efivarfs/Kconfig" endif # MISC_FILESYSTEMS diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/Kconfig b/fs/efivarfs/Kconfig index 367bbb1..c2499ef 100644 --- a/fs/efivarfs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/efivarfs/Kconfig @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ config EFIVAR_FS tristate "EFI Variable filesystem" depends on EFI + default m help efivarfs is a replacement filesystem for the old EFI variable support via sysfs, as it doesn't suffer from the -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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