From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756813Ab3KHIqn (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Nov 2013 03:46:43 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:30312 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752634Ab3KHIqj (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Nov 2013 03:46:39 -0500 References: <527C93B5.7010407@jp.fujitsu.com> <527C9B5C.6040509@nod.at> User-agent: mu4e 0.9.9.5; emacs 24.3.1 From: Madper Xie To: Richard Weinberger Cc: Yasuaki Ishimatsu , linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, matt.fleming@intel.com, matthew.garrett@nebula.com, jlee@suse.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, efi: change name of efi_no_storage_paranoia parameter to efi_storage_paranoia In-reply-to: <527C9B5C.6040509@nod.at> Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 16:46:19 +0800 Message-ID: <8761s3waas.fsf@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org richard@nod.at writes: > Am 08.11.2013 08:33, schrieb Yasuaki Ishimatsu: >> >> According to above works, efi_no_storage_paranoia parameter was prepared >> for sane UEFI which can do gc and fulfills spec. But why need a system >> with a sane UEFI set the parameter? It is wrong. A system with a broken >> UEFI should set the parameter. > > And how does one know that his UEFI is broken? > "Oh my board is briked because I wrote too much into a variable, maybe setting > efi_storage_paranoia would have saved me. Let's try with the next board..." ;) > Agreed. It's hard for people to fix their briked motherboard. At least it's hard for someone who is the first time meet this issue like me. :-( and IMO, at least 51% of uefi firmwares on the world is buggy... ;) However, if we simply make all buggy firmware become a brick, the vendors will more careful in their next generation of products... But it's painful for everyone, both customers and vendors. > Thanks, > //richard > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Best, Madper Xie.