From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Fleming Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, efi: change name of efi_no_storage_paranoia parameter to efi_storage_paranoia Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 14:34:21 +0000 Message-ID: <20131108143421.GB22636@console-pimps.org> References: <527C93B5.7010407@jp.fujitsu.com> <527C9B5C.6040509@nod.at> <527CB013.30200@jp.fujitsu.com> <527CB0F4.8080606@nod.at> <527CBC05.6080505@jp.fujitsu.com> <527CBD01.1000908@nod.at> <527CBDD3.2020609@jp.fujitsu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <527CBDD3.2020609-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-efi-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Yasuaki Ishimatsu Cc: Richard Weinberger , linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, matt.fleming-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, matthew.garrett-05XSO3Yj/JvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, jlee-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 08 Nov, at 07:32:51PM, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote: > > Everything started with an issue that killed Samsung laptops: > > http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/22855.html > > > > Later it was found that if you write too much into UEFI variables many > > UEFI implementations will do bad things. > > Thanks for the information. > I will read it. Out of curiosity, what hardware are you using? -- Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center