From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: aaron.young@oracle.com Subject: Re: [RFC] OVMF NVRAM Variable Retention Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 06:58:51 -0700 Message-ID: References: <962f6b7c-32a1-07b1-222a-aca9a9bd13b5@citrix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from us1-rack-dfw2.inumbo.com ([104.130.134.6]) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1fQvNw-0000TV-Du for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2018 13:55:28 +0000 In-Reply-To: <962f6b7c-32a1-07b1-222a-aca9a9bd13b5@citrix.com> Content-Language: en-US List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: Ross Lagerwall Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org CgpPbiAwNi8wNy8xOCAwMTo1OSwgUm9zcyBMYWdlcndhbGwgd3JvdGU6Cj4gT24gMDYvMDYvMjAx 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