+/* unless it's a "well-known" property, these will read/write out the value as raw data */
+
+extern boolean_t PEWriteNVRAMProperty(const char *symbol, const void *value, const unsigned int len);
+
+extern boolean_t PEReadNVRAMProperty(const char *symbol, void *value, unsigned int *len);
+
+extern boolean_t PERemoveNVRAMProperty(const char *symbol);
+