On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:54:46 -0400, Joe Salmeri wrote:
Also, seems like the total size for people that commented has varied..... 64k, 128, and my 192k.
It's NVRAM in the system firmware itself - different vendors (and even different systems from the same vendor) use different amounts, because it depends on what the system's requirements are.
Just found this link on another forum
https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/efivars-is-full-is-this-a-problem/ 34616/13
IS it a problem for the efivars directory to be full?
It is not a problem. /sys/firmware is not a “real” filesystem, it is part of a RAM-based filesystem called sysfs.
Well, it's a filesystem representation of stuff in NVRAM. If you delete files there, you're modifying NVRAM, and you can brick your system (which is why I'm concerned about just deleting stuff to make space - I don't need a multi-thousand-dollar doorstop.)
Make me wonder if that explains the difference in total size people are seeing and also that a large size might be allocated if it was needed.
Not really, as far as I understand it.
Possibly it is allocating space based on real memory size ???
How much memory is in your system ? I have 64 GB in this machine which might be why my size is 192k vs others with 64k or 128k ?
I have 128 GB of RAM in my system. It's not proportional to RAM or that. It's effectively your BIOS settings. -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits