Re: [PATCH] x86, efi: change name of efi_no_storage_paranoia parameter to efi_storage_paranoia

Madper Xie
2013-11-11T09:47:30Z

Howdy Yasuaki,
I know some boxes with small NVRAM (less than 64kb?) will meet many
issues if we always keep ~5kb free space.
But if we really do not keep some free space as default, many box will
become a brick. (In fact, I just fixed a bricked dell xps 8500 last
week. 5kb is not enough for dell xps...)
So maybe the better way is: we check the size of nvram and decide how
many space we retain.

isimatu.yasuaki-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org writes:

> Hi Matt,
>
> I uses FUJITSU's x86 box.
> This does not become bricked even if I use all efi variable storage.
> Thus I want a way to not need to specify efi_no_storage_paranoia
> parameter.
>
> Thanks,
> Yasuaki Ishimatsu
>
>
> (2013/11/08 23:34), Matt Fleming wrote:
>> 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?
>>
>
>
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Best,
Madper Xie.