From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ross Lagerwall Subject: Re: [RFC] OVMF NVRAM Variable Retention Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 09:59:10 +0100 Message-ID: <962f6b7c-32a1-07b1-222a-aca9a9bd13b5@citrix.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from all-amaz-eas1.inumbo.com ([34.197.232.57]) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1fQqlL-0003Dv-Lo for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2018 08:59:19 +0000 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: aaron.young@oracle.com Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org T24gMDYvMDYvMjAxOCAwNDowMSBQTSwgYWFyb24ueW91bmdAb3JhY2xlLmNvbSB3cm90ZToKPiAK PiAgwqAgSGVsbG8gYWxsLAo+IAo+ICDCoCBJIGhhdmUgYmVlbiB0YXNrZWQgd2l0aCB0aGUgaXNz 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