[PATCH 1/1] efivar: check that efivarfs is writeable
authorHeinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:21:33 +0000 (15:21 +0100)
committerPeter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>
Sun, 28 Jul 2024 22:42:11 +0000 (22:42 +0000)
commit59f40b0df1d8b57393905ac0f790105425cbd047
tree9d9a9f1c157f99e7e589229777180873df3947b6
parent25f636d09ab3e3ec9656220ed850c5071b9eefc2
[PATCH 1/1] efivar: check that efivarfs is writeable

Some UEFI implementations (notably U-Boot) don't implement the
SetVariable() runtime service. On these systems the GRUB installation
must be completed manually. Write a warning in this case but avoid
throwing an error.  (LP: #1965288)

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>
Gbp-Pq: Name efivar-check-that-efivarfs-is-writeable.patch
grub-core/osdep/unix/efivar.c