From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B328C433EF for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 16:11:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shelob.surriel.com (shelob.surriel.com [96.67.55.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 97F7061090 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 16:11:12 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org 97F7061090 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kroah.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kernelnewbies.org Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=shelob.surriel.com) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mT4px-0005dB-JR; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 12:11:09 -0400 Received: from wout3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([64.147.123.19]) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mT4pu-0005cm-2C for kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 12:11:06 -0400 Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E44232004ED; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 12:11:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 22 Sep 2021 12:11:04 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kroah.com; h= date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:in-reply-to; s=fm1; bh=kR66VROZLf99NZzzg6rcMjA60PN Wnxm1Deva39nV6bI=; b=alLk82Gf/IJDE8L/jaFBWop1Qs65Q2VkPhlUNL0MOln 809CEKAWW5JhOBcS5SiqTMfhtQ8ngLMrGWC4vzyqZBE9qChBRTT1nKRgHMKg8ZOe FASEDsXQK30rUp/r02Jt+YXfvg6It2vsgOHPVgarJ8/fqhh/6VQzKs/Le93Kg37W vFV0I0ArI5+L+gjxrllxKSg6QiGjClHexNracI0WrJ9qRES8riYtrlrR/9AsRf6I 5NUaisOwpjwZmHC3jhtDmZ/X5xxTL1WgI9Xrd7eQ3NQHAttsU/8ziOT/VYZtAevq 5jALTVbaB4XeQQ0WLiUfTh8aeUPOE9c1Cp2RPyO/z0g== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=kR66VR OZLf99NZzzg6rcMjA60PNWnxm1Deva39nV6bI=; b=mGC1RjJtppLUUVII3G1xHo Nx0KMNS0mcEfbVs/DjO1NmsqK/c8DF/3qrmwgUo1I/B5jbyhkHYFQQeFqqAJafgN aeekBO19OtLQoZI3h7pVB61ZlLoHyjZJki8/A5cGNh8MRMg/3uI5ZWlKPkueEEzy 9bZvu+JgrBUCsL39levpa8nxENmXCIfZA4tXTy8CIZ/I3MJ8wA3i9WlUVEWvQlDO IdjoJCrJn7tLBCYjTAHRh5J4GCbfR6uRWTmT2VtWUW96bUXUadI3lU5csF/qnahF QGjYZ1i59KfNA/SnLtcMTLlcPMEnXDj0vYX8po232IfMaRvCPPFWOrL6FQ6n+tYQ == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvtddrudeijedgleejucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhepfffhvffukfhfgggtuggjsehttdertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefirhgvghcu mffjuceoghhrvghgsehkrhhorghhrdgtohhmqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeevueehje fgfffgiedvudekvdektdelleelgefhleejieeugeegveeuuddukedvteenucevlhhushht vghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehgrhgvgheskhhrohgrhh drtghomh X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Wed, 22 Sep 2021 12:11:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 18:11:00 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Ruben Safir Subject: Re: efivars Message-ID: References: <20210922062222.GA6060@www2.mrbrklyn.com> <968231e8-69f3-872b-7451-4439744b2d4f@mrbrklyn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <968231e8-69f3-872b-7451-4439744b2d4f@mrbrklyn.com> Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-BeenThere: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Learn about the Linux kernel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 11:58:55AM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: > On 9/22/21 2:35 AM, Greg KH wrote: > > Because there are lots of needed system information that the OS, and > > userspace, needs to get from UEFI after the system has booted. > > OS's shouldn't need anything from a boot loader. That ties the OS to > the bootloader completely without need. Good luck with that! greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies