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On 9/22/20 6:58 AM, Philipp Rudo wrote:
>
> AFAIK pstore requires UEFI to work. So what's the point to enable it on non-UEFI
> systems?


I don't think UEFI is required, ERST can specify its own backend. And that, in fact, can be quite useful in virtualization scenarios (especially in cases of direct boot, when there is no OVMF)


-boris