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Documentation: Mark the 'efivars' sysfs interface as removed
The 'efivars' sysfs interface was removed in commit 0f5b2c6 ("efi: vars: Remove deprecated 'efivars' sysfs interface"), but the ABI documentation was not updated properly. Strip down the documentation file for /sys/firmware/efi/vars to a very basic description of what the interface was about, add a section about the rough removal timeline, and inform the reader about the intended replacement. Signed-off-by: Tim Schumacher <timschumi@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
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What: /sys/firmware/efi/vars
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Date: April 2004, removed March 2023
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Description:
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This directory exposed interfaces for interacting with
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EFI variables. For more information on EFI variables,
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see 'Variable Services' in the UEFI specification
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(section 7.2 in specification version 2.3 Errata D).
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The 'efivars' sysfs interface was removed in March of 2023,
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after being considered deprecated no later than September
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of 2020. Its functionality has been replaced by the
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'efivarfs' filesystem.

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Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.rst

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*See also:*
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- Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst
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- Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-firmware-efi-vars
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- Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-firmware-efi-vars

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