From: Felix Braun <Felix.Braun-JmyM9gIJlGotq+zhY6Lx4A@public.gmane.org>
To: Matt Fleming <matt-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Ben Hutchings <ben-/+tVBieCtBitmTQ+vhA3Yw@public.gmane.org>,
Matthew Garrett <mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: Unable to set efi boot variables on 3.10-rc3
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 12:22:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1369909334.3183.7.camel@eressea> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130529094325.GA2004-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
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Hello Matt,
> On Tue, 28 May, at 08:40:32PM, Felix Braun wrote:
> > When I try to write something to the efi boot variables, I get an kernel
> > error
> >
> > # efibootmgr
> > BootCurrent: 0000
> > Timeout: 1 seconds
> > BootOrder: 0000,0002,0003
> > Boot0000* Linux
> > Boot0002* Hard Drive
> > Boot0003* CD/DVD Drive
> > # efibootmgr -n2
> > # tail /var/log/messages
> > [Firmware Bug]: Broken EFI implementation is returning
> > MaxVariableSize=0
> It sounds like your machine isn't initiating garbage collection. Try
> adding the efi_no_storage_paranoia kernel parameter to your kernel
> cmdline.
That seems to have worked. With that parameter added, things work again.
Thank you! How can I prevent the efi storage from filling up? Is there a
way to initiate garbage collection manually?
> > On boot up, I get a number of the following error messages:
> >
> > e820: too many entries; ignoring [mem 0x01d8a000-0x01d8ffff]
> > e820: too many entries; ignoring [mem 0x01d90000-0x01d91fff]
> > ...
> I doubt that's related but it's certainly not good. Could you paste your
> full dmesg? What boot loader are you using?
It does seem to be related as these error messages go away with
efi_no_storage_paranoia. I'm using EFISTUB to boot linux directly from
the EFI shell.
I'm attaching gzipped dmesg output (with efi_no_storage_paranoia).
Thanks again!
Regards
Felix
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2013-05-28 18:40 Unable to set efi boot variables on 3.10-rc3 Felix Braun
2013-05-29 9:43 ` Matt Fleming
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2013-05-30 10:22 ` Felix Braun [this message]
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