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What:		/sys/firmware/efi/vars
Date:		April 2004, removed March 2023
Description:
		This directory exposed interfaces for interacting with
		EFI variables.  For more information on EFI variables,
		see 'Variable Services' in the UEFI specification
		(section 7.2 in specification version 2.3 Errata D).

		The 'efivars' sysfs interface was removed in March of 2023,
		after being considered deprecated no later than September
		of 2020. Its functionality has been replaced by the
		'efivarfs' filesystem.
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5b625181 TS	1	What: /sys/firmware/efi/vars
	2	Date: April 2004, removed March 2023
	3	Description:
	4	This directory exposed interfaces for interacting with
	5	EFI variables. For more information on EFI variables,
	6	see 'Variable Services' in the UEFI specification
	7	(section 7.2 in specification version 2.3 Errata D).
	8
	9	The 'efivars' sysfs interface was removed in March of 2023,
	10	after being considered deprecated no later than September
	11	of 2020. Its functionality has been replaced by the
	12	'efivarfs' filesystem.