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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-08-01 13:40:51 -1000
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-08-01 13:40:51 -1000
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Merge branch 'pstore-efi' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6
* 'pstore-efi' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6: efivars: Introduce PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES efivars: Use string functions in pstore_write efivars: introduce utf16_strncmp efivars: String functions efi: Add support for using efivars as a pstore backend pstore: Allow the user to explicitly choose a backend pstore: Make "part" unsigned pstore: Add extra context for writes and erases pstore: Extend API for more flexibility in new backends
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@@ -39,3 +39,9 @@ Description: Generic interface to platform dependent persistent storage.
multiple) files based on the record size of the underlying
persistent storage until at least this amount is reached.
Default is 10 Kbytes.
+
+ Pstore only supports one backend at a time. If multiple
+ backends are available, the preferred backend may be
+ set by passing the pstore.backend= argument to the kernel at
+ boot time.
+
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