RE: [RFC][Patch]efi_pstore:Introduce an efi_pstore_overwriteparameter to avoid missing messages in NVRAM

[Seiji Aguchi]

> I think not - the limitation is EFI (ERST can handle several errors, I think that the ramoops patches are working with the assumption that
> enough storage is available too).
> 

I see.

> The question is how easy is it for EFI to determine the "type" of the saved error (which may be from the previous booted kernel - so
> no use using a global variable ... the information needs to be in persistent store).

OK. I will not use the global variable.
I can check the previous event from a header supplied by pstore ,such as "Panic#1 Part1".

Seiji
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