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1*5b625181STim SchumacherWhat:		/sys/firmware/efi/vars
2*5b625181STim SchumacherDate:		April 2004, removed March 2023
3*5b625181STim SchumacherDescription:
4*5b625181STim Schumacher		This directory exposed interfaces for interacting with
5*5b625181STim Schumacher		EFI variables.  For more information on EFI variables,
6*5b625181STim Schumacher		see 'Variable Services' in the UEFI specification
7*5b625181STim Schumacher		(section 7.2 in specification version 2.3 Errata D).
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9*5b625181STim Schumacher		The 'efivars' sysfs interface was removed in March of 2023,
10*5b625181STim Schumacher		after being considered deprecated no later than September
11*5b625181STim Schumacher		of 2020. Its functionality has been replaced by the
12*5b625181STim Schumacher		'efivarfs' filesystem.
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