From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Fleming Subject: Re: [PATCH] efivarfs: fix abnormal GUID in variable name by using strcpy to replace null with dash Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:36:41 +0000 Message-ID: <1362573401.15011.48.camel@mfleming-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <1362108018-13117-1-git-send-email-jlee@suse.com> <1362151068.2842.440.camel@mfleming-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com> <1362155493.2842.446.camel@mfleming-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com> <1362181299.23932.168.camel@linux-s257.site> <1362555258.23932.573.camel@linux-s257.site> <1362568750.15011.24.camel@mfleming-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com> <1362571097.7004.66.camel@par-r81vxc7.par.novell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1362571097.7004.66.camel-+GqLY1utCe+GwbuyVWskRBLdbW0B08c60E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-efi-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Frederic Crozat Cc: joeyli , linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Michael Schroeder , Josh Boyer , Peter Jones , Matthew Garrett List-Id: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2013-03-06 at 12:58 +0100, Frederic Crozat wrote: > Le mercredi 06 mars 2013 =C3=A0 11:19 +0000, Matt Fleming a =C3=A9cri= t : >=20 > > Also, which machine did you see this behaviour on? >=20 > HP z220 desktop, System BIOS K51 v 1.54 >=20 > this issue is only the "Secure Boot" related variables, which make me > think HP incorrectly created them in their latest firmware (where the= y > added Windows 8 support). Are you saying that the behaviour regarding VariableNameSize changes depending on which variable is returned? Mercy..... Thanks for the info. --=20 Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center