On Mon, 17 Feb 2020 17:06:57 +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > On Mon, 17 Feb 2020 at 16:45, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > The current efi code emits the error message like > > Couldn't get size: 0x800000000000000e > > on various Dell and other machines. Although the whole problem is the > > buggy firmware, showing this as an error level is rather annoying, as > > the error message appears over the boot splash. Basically this is the > > result of missing entry and we have no explicit way to fix it for such > > a firmware problem, the error message may be suppressed. > > > > This patch changes the error print condition and suppresses the error > > message if status is EFI_NOT_FOUND. It's a partial patch from the > > more comprehensive one Joey Lee submitted in the past. > > > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-efi/20190322103350.27764-2-jlee@xxxxxxxx/ > > Cc: Joey Lee <jlee@xxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> > > Hello Takashi, > > Javier sent a more comprehensive fix for this today. The problem is > not buggy firmware, but buggy kernel :-) > (the code assumes that all systems boot via shim, and that certain EFI > variables are therefore guaranteed to exist, which is not the case) > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-efi/CAKv+Gu-a5Bo9i=K55pa3jEXRq-u5JYVGp1jFEE=UY5B=6eUkRQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Awesome, then please scratch mine. Thanks! Takashi
