[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)
committerFelix Zielcke <fzielcke@z-51.de>
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 15:05:20 +0000 (17:05 +0200)
commit21b2d44a941a9e3bae225b07142d1c481a578170
tree5bddfd802d781de54f5b9cf11a26a10782dea95c
parenta7dc5fd09c07c6e50d7a1a3a8013d0649b95a993
[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