From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 19:37:26 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Request for Configure.help texts for IA64 option s. Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Matt_Domsch@Dell.com : > > CONFIG_IA64_EFIVARS > > CONFIG_IA64_EFIVARS has been replaced with CONFIG_EFI_VARS in what will be > DavidM's next patch against 2.4.4, and his tree includes help text for this. Heh. I remember looking at this and thinking the underscore was missing. > I'm including it here just for reference. > > /proc/efi/vars support > CONFIG_EFI_VARS > If you say Y here, you are able to get EFI (Extensible Firmware > Interface) variable information in /proc/efi/vars. You may read, > write, create, and destroy EFI variables through this interface. > > To use this option, you have to check that the "/proc file system > support" (CONFIG_PROC_FS) is enabled, too. I've added this to my superset-merged Configure.help. -- Eric S. Raymond Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws. -- Edward Abbey, "Abbey's Road", 1979