Hello Ard, On Saturday 12 November 2022, you wrote: > On Sat, 12 Nov 2022 at 16:26, Ulrich Gemkow > <ulrich.gemkow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hello Ard, > > > > thanks for looking into this! > > > > On Saturday 12 November 2022, you wrote: > > > On Sat, 12 Nov 2022 at 14:42, Ulrich Gemkow > > > <ulrich.gemkow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > calling efibootmgr for adding EFI boot entries with Linux 6.0.8 does > > > > not work on our Lenovo T14 Gen 3 (intel). The error is "EFI variables > > > > are not supported on this system". The directory /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/ > > > > exists but is empty. > > > > > > > > This worked fine with the latest 5.19 kernel. The config was transferred > > > > from 5.19 to 6.0 with "make oldconfig". All kernels are self-compiled > > > > and without changes from the kernel.org downloads. > > > > > > > > I saw earlier messages about bugs in this area, the fixes applied > > > > seem to be not complete. > > > > > > > > Please let me know when additional information would help to debug. > > > > > > > > > > Hello Ulrich, > > > > > > Can you please share the complete kernel boot log when booting with > > > efi=debug, and the .config used to build the kernel? Thanks. > > > > > > > please find attached the two files. Please do not get confused about > > the kernel uname, the used kernel is 6.0.8. I use my own automated > > setup and build environment which requires a different naming. > > > > Does it work if you enable CONFIG_EFI_STUB? > Enabling CONFIG_EFI_STUB does not help, the problem remains. I digged around and found that mounting the efivarfs solves the problem. This was not required with 5.19. Is this an expected or wanted change of behavior? Best regards Ulrich -- Ulrich Gemkow University of Stuttgart Institute of Communication Networks and Computer Engineering (IKR)
