On Tue, 28 May, at 08:40:32PM, Felix Braun wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm unable to set efi boot variables using efibootmgr 0.6.0 using > kernels 3.9.x (x=0..4) and 3.10-rc3 on an ASUS E45M1-M PRO Board using > the most current firmware (1202). Things worked fine with kernels 3.7.x > (x=4..10). I have not been able to boot 3.8 for unrelated reasons. > > When I try to write something to the efi boot variables, I get an kernel > error > > # efibootmgr > BootCurrent: 0000 > Timeout: 1 seconds > BootOrder: 0000,0002,0003 > Boot0000* Linux > Boot0002* Hard Drive > Boot0003* CD/DVD Drive > # efibootmgr -n2 > # tail /var/log/messages > [Firmware Bug]: Broken EFI implementation is returning > MaxVariableSize=0 Yeah, this is a common bug on ASUS machines. The 'max' argument to QueryVariableInfo() isn't filled out correctly. It sounds like your machine isn't initiating garbage collection. Try adding the efi_no_storage_paranoia kernel parameter to your kernel cmdline. > On boot up, I get a number of the following error messages: > > e820: too many entries; ignoring [mem 0x01d8a000-0x01d8ffff] > e820: too many entries; ignoring [mem 0x01d90000-0x01d91fff] > ... > > is that maybe related? I doubt that's related but it's certainly not good. Could you paste your full dmesg? What boot loader are you using? -- Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
