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        "From": "Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>",
        "To": "Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>",
        "Cc": "Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>, Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>,\n Mark Kettenis <kettenis@openbsd.org>,\n Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@foss.st.com>, Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>,\n Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>,\n Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu@arm.com>,\n Casey Connolly <casey.connolly@linaro.org>,\n =?utf-8?q?Vincent_Stehl=C3=A9?= <vincent.stehle@arm.com>,\n Adriano Cordova <adrianox@gmail.com>, Javier Tia <floss@jetm.me>,\n Jerome Forissier <jerome.forissier@arm.com>,\n Ying-Chun Liu <paul.liu@linaro.org>, u-boot@lists.denx.de,\n Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>",
        "Subject": "[PATCH 0/2] efi_loader: centralize messaging for efi_init_obj_list",
        "Date": "Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:58:12 +0200",
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    "content": "If efi_init_obj_list() fails we cannot use the UEFI sub-system.\n\n* Instead of having messages for this everywhere write an error message\n  in efi_init_obj_list().\n* Always use (ret =! EFI_SUCCESS) when checking the return value of\n  efi_init_obj_list().\n* Remove the return code from the error message as it does not help\n  users to understand which initialization went wrong.\n\nIn do_bootefi() move the check to the start of the function.\n\nHeinrich Schuchardt (2):\n  cmd/bootefi: move efi_init_obj_list() to the start of do_bootefi\n  efi_loader: centralize messaging for efi_init_obj_list\n\n boot/bootmeth_efi_mgr.c      |  4 ++--\n cmd/bootefi.c                | 13 +++++--------\n cmd/bootmenu.c               |  6 +-----\n cmd/eficonfig.c              |  6 +-----\n cmd/efidebug.c               |  5 +----\n cmd/nvedit_efi.c             | 10 ++--------\n lib/efi_loader/efi_bootbin.c |  5 +----\n lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c |  5 +----\n lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c   |  2 ++\n 9 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)"
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