[systemd-devel] [PATCH 2/2] fsck: Add support for EFI variable based fsck indication

[Kay Sievers]

On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Jan Janssen <medhefgo at web.de> wrote:
> ---
>  man/systemctl.xml                  | 26 ++++++++++++++++
>  shell-completion/bash/systemctl.in |  8 ++++-
>  shell-completion/zsh/_systemctl.in |  2 ++
>  src/fsck/fsck.c                    | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  src/shared/efivars.h               | 21 +++++++++++--
>  src/systemctl/systemctl.c          | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----

Fsck is really something from the past, it should not be extended
beyond its current support.

Using non-volatile EFI variables for normal system operations does not
sound right, we should not start using that fragile subsystem for
things like this, the kernel command line should be sufficient enough.

Kay