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

From: Matt Sealey <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:21:31 +0100

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 <[email-masked]>
Genesi, Manager, Developer Relations