[EFIKA] Really, don't pretend to be CHRP

Matt Sealey matt at genesi-usa.com
Sat Apr 19 01:21:31 EST 2008


Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>>> can't set environment variables from within Linux (and yes, we can
>>> probably improve on that too, but we let them setenv for themselves,
>> for
>>> now).
>> You really won't be improving on it because there's no reliable way to
>> pass setenv back to the firmware from userland :D
> 
> They aren't in nvram ? If they are and using the standard OF CHRP
> format, then we can.

They aren't (especially on Pegasos) and they aren't, so you can't.

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Matt Sealey <matt at genesi-usa.com>
Genesi, Manager, Developer Relations



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