From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.187]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FA2CDE4FB for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:21:49 +1000 (EST) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id g16so383959nfd.9 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:21:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4808BC7B.6040702@genesi-usa.com> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:21:31 +0100 From: Matt Sealey MIME-Version: 1.0 To: benh@kernel.crashing.org Subject: Re: [EFIKA] Really, don't pretend to be CHRP References: <1208105558.3026.137.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <4807427B.3030902@genesi-usa.com> <1208443057.9212.250.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <48076A00.1080608@genesi-usa.com> <1208507048.6958.407.camel@pasglop> In-Reply-To: <1208507048.6958.407.camel@pasglop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: Matt Sealey Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, David Woodhouse , paulus@samba.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: >>> can't set environment variables from within Linux (and yes, we can >>> probably improve on that too, but we let them setenv for themselves, >> for >>> now). >> You really won't be improving on it because there's no reliable way to >> pass setenv back to the firmware from userland :D > > They aren't in nvram ? If they are and using the standard OF CHRP > format, then we can. They aren't (especially on Pegasos) and they aren't, so you can't. -- Matt Sealey Genesi, Manager, Developer Relations