Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272236AbTHIB0Z (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2003 21:26:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272167AbTHIB0Y (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2003 21:26:24 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:34774 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272153AbTHIB0T (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2003 21:26:19 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 18:31:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Patrick Mochel X-X-Sender: mochel@cherise To: Matt Tolentino cc: davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com, , , , , Subject: Re: [patch] move efivars to drivers/efi In-Reply-To: <200308090104.h7914sKd026665@snoqualmie.dp.intel.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 946 Lines: 21 > This patch against 2.6.0-test2 does several things: > > 1. Creates a new directory (drivers/efi) into which I propose current and future drivers that interact with EFI firmware be placed. This enables architectures that employ EFI compliant firmware to use the same drivers and avoid the maintenance hassle of multiple copies. > > 2. Move the current EFI variable services driver (efivars) found in arch/ia64/kernel into drivers/efi. > > Note that I've added similar config options for x86 in a separate patch that also enables EFI awareness that I'll resend to the list shortly. > > Thoughts? Comments? Yes - have you considered doing a sysfs interface instead of procfs? :) -pat - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/