[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>
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:42:34 +0000 (17:42 +0200)
commit487815c80a8fb6cdfa82e88fb87671ec5715813d
tree07fda15854b47a0ad48349a09a9050c274a69044
parent128788402367ff0ba3fe5c23d4e046a7138dd112
[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