[PATCH] efi: Make EFI_VARS_PSTORE depend on EFIVAR_FS
Theodore Tucker <[email protected]> Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:12:14 +0100
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-efi,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
The efivars backend to pstore will not register if the efivarfs is not available. The efivars sysfs interface was removed in Linux 6.0, meaning efivarfs is now the only way pstore can write into EFI variables. Making the dependency on the efivarfs explicit removes a stumbling block when configuring a kernel with pstore. Signed-off-by: Theodore Tucker <[email protected]> --- drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig index 29e0729299f5..8dfd21e7a8e4 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config EFI_ESRT config EFI_VARS_PSTORE tristate "Register efivars backend for pstore" - depends on PSTORE + depends on PSTORE && EFIVAR_FS select UCS2_STRING default y help -- 2.47.3