Re: Grub get and set efi variables

[Andrei Borzenkov]

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Ignat Korchagin <address@hidden> wrote:
> Let's add utf16 later then (if needed). I also noticed a typo in one
> error string in my above patch (it was checking that command receives
> one argument, but prints that two arguments expected), so here is the
> updated one.
>

It is much more difficult to remove anything than to add it later.
Unless we have use case right now, I'd skip it.

> So, finally, should I remove the "raw" parser (as per Vladimir's
> request). Personally, I would keep it. It might be useful to modify
> the hexdump command, that it can dump the contents of a variable. Then
> those pieces will fit together: storing raw value in the variable and
> examining it with hexdump cmd.
>

hexdump does not support showing variable if that is what you mean. By
the same logic, unless we have current use case we probably should not
add it initially.