Re: [PATCH 38/54] efivars: remove new_var and del_var files from sysfs

2007-11-26 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 09:01:16AM -0600, Matt Domsch wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:59:16PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > WTF? Passing binary structures into a sysfs file, expecting it to be in > > the correct format/endianness? That's just wrong on so many levels. > > > > So, these

Re: [PATCH 38/54] efivars: remove new_var and del_var files from sysfs

2007-11-16 Thread Matt Domsch
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:59:16PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > WTF? Passing binary structures into a sysfs file, expecting it to be in > the correct format/endianness? That's just wrong on so many levels. > > So, these files are deleted. If you want to add them back, please do so > in co

[PATCH 38/54] efivars: remove new_var and del_var files from sysfs

2007-11-02 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
WTF? Passing binary structures into a sysfs file, expecting it to be in the correct format/endianness? That's just wrong on so many levels. So, these files are deleted. If you want to add them back, please do so in configfs, or in debugfs. Or use text strings, which is what sysfs is only for.