Control: tag -1 +pending On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 11:52:01AM -0400, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre wrote: >Package: libdebian-installer >Version: 0.102 >Severity: normal >Tags: patch >User: ubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com >Usertags: origin-ubuntu yakkety ubuntu-patch > >Dear Maintainer, > >EFI detection in libd-i can in some cases pass while efibootmgr will fail to >set BootEntry due to efivar's checks actually looking for efivars or vars >instead of just the existence of /sys/firmware/efi. > >In Ubuntu; I'm applying the following patch to libdebian-installer's detection >code: > > * src/system/efi.c: validate the presence of efivars *or* vars under > /sys/firmware/efi to decide whether we should show the system as running > in EFI mode; either of these paths is required for efibootmgr to set a > BootEntry at the end of installation. > >Admittedly, this can still fail if for some reason efivars or vars are present >but empty, but this isn't any different than for /sys/firmware/efi itself. > >/sys/firmware/efi/vars should mostly always be around, as it appears to come >straight from the kernel; /sys/firmware/efi/efivars is typically to be mounted >by the init system (this happens at least in systemd src/core/mount-setup.c).
This patch makes a lot of sense, applied. Thanks! -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "We're the technical experts. We were hired so that management could ignore our recommendations and tell us how to do our jobs." -- Mike Andrews
