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+menu "EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) Support"
+ depends on EFI
+
+config EFI_VARS
+ tristate "EFI Variable Support via sysfs"
+ depends on EFI
+ default n
+ help
+ If you say Y here, you are able to get EFI (Extensible Firmware
+ Interface) variable information via sysfs. You may read,
+ write, create, and destroy EFI variables through this interface.
+
+ Note that using this driver in concert with efibootmgr requires
+ at least test release version 0.5.0-test3 or later, which is
+ available from Matt Domsch's website located at:
+ <http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr/testing/efibootmgr-0.5.0-test3.tar.gz>
+
+ Subsequent efibootmgr releases may be found at:
+ <http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr>
+
+config EFI_VARS_PSTORE
+ tristate "Register efivars backend for pstore"
+ depends on EFI_VARS && PSTORE
+ default y
+ help
+ Say Y here to enable use efivars as a backend to pstore. This
+ will allow writing console messages, crash dumps, or anything
+ else supported by pstore to EFI variables.
+
+config EFI_VARS_PSTORE_DEFAULT_DISABLE
+ bool "Disable using efivars as a pstore backend by default"
+ depends on EFI_VARS_PSTORE
+ default n
+ help
+ Saying Y here will disable the use of efivars as a storage
+ backend for pstore by default. This setting can be overridden
+ using the efivars module's pstore_disable parameter.
+
+endmenu