Re: efivars

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On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 02:22:22AM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
> What is this for?
> 
> efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs
> 
> why would the OS need to know anything about the UEFI 
> boot loader once it is up and running?

Because there are lots of needed system information that the OS, and
userspace, needs to get from UEFI after the system has booted.

Why do you think it does not need to be present?  What problems is
having it there causing?

thanks,

greg k-h

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