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

Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2013-11-19T03:03:41Z

Hi Matt,

Sorry for late the reply.

(2013/11/11 19:54), Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Nov, at 05:52:59PM, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:
>> 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.
>
> The efi_no_storage_paranoia parameter was introduced because some
> machines do not initiate garbage collection of the NVRAM until you
> allocate all space - basically it's a switch to turn off the "save 5KB
> of stoarge at all times" workaround that is needed to avoid bricking
> some machines.
>
> The intention of the switch is not to allow you to fill your NVRAM just
> because you can. If that is something you want to do then I think it's
> fair to require you to explicitly turn on efi_no_storage_paranoia. But
> I'm assuming here that you are doing something like writing lots and
> lots of pstore entries and just want to write as many as your variable
> storage will allow? Or are you doing something more fundamental like
> creating BootXXXX entries?
>
> What are you doing to run into the 5KB reserve? How much NVRAM does your
> machine come with?

I just add boot entry to NVRAM by efibootmgr command. But when Linux boots up,
the remaining NVRAM is less than 5Kbyte. So I cannnot add new entry.

Thanks,
Yasuaki Ishimatsu