Re: access efi variables

["Arend van Spriel" <arend@broadcom.com>]

On 09/14/13 00:37, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 09/13/2013 08:37 AM, Arend van Spriel wrote:
>> I need to obtain a uefi variable so I went looking at the API in
>> include/linux/efi.h. I found the following definition:
>>
>> But according to the specs the variable I need to obtain is 2k bytes.
>> Should I expect trouble :-p
>>
>
> efivarfs doesn't have those limitations.

Thanks, Peter

Looking into efivarfs it seems to use the functions that I looked at in 
efi.h so I guess I am misinterpreting the 1024 bytes limitation in the 
comment (either that or you are mistaken ;-) ). I need to access the 
variable from within a device driver so using efivarfs does not feel 
like the way to go here.

Regards,
Arend