From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Erdfelt Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 19:11:03 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] How do I set variables in efishell? Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Plus the fact I haven't found a single version of the firmware which actually saves these variables. So setting them tends to be useless. It hasn't been too important so I haven't followed up on it with Intel. JE On Thu, May 18, 2000, Tim Riker wrote: > >From what I can glean from the docs and my hacking, a set in the shell > sets a shell variable, NOT a root EFI variable. The only way to set the > EFI variables is to do so from a C app usinf the EFI toolkit. This is a > bit unfortunate as it means one can not add/edit menu items from the > shell prompt. Also, typing exit at the prompt puts you into the boot > menu, but AFAIK there is no way of getting back to the shell. > > Chris Hyser wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: linux-ia64-admin@linuxia64.org > > > [mailto:linux-ia64-admin@linuxia64.org]On Behalf Of Christoph Rohland > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 3:02 AM > > > To: linux-ia64@linuxia64.org > > > Subject: [Linux-ia64] How do I set variables in efishell? > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I still do not know how to set variables in efishell to switch the > > > console to my serial device. > > > > > > I actually know that I have to set the variables ConIn and ConOut. But > > > I am prettty confused by any documentation I can find about actually > > > setting these variables. > > > > > > Any help appreciated > > > > Has anybody figured this out yet? Specifically, there is a "set" command in > > the EFI shell, but the difficulty seems to be figuring out the device path > > to actually set the variables to. Then of course this early firmware may end > > up ignoring them anyway. Thoughts? > > > > --- > > Best Regards > > Chris Hyser > > Hewlett-Packard > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-IA64 mailing list > > Linux-IA64@linuxia64.org > > http://lists.linuxia64.org/lists/listinfo/linux-ia64 > > -- > Tim Riker - http://rikers.org/ - short SIGs! > All I need to know I could have learned in Kindergarten > ... if I'd just been paying attention. > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-IA64 mailing list > Linux-IA64@linuxia64.org > http://lists.linuxia64.org/lists/listinfo/linux-ia64 >