@@ -791,6 +791,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
edd= [EDD]
Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
+ efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
+ Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
+ your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
+ you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
+ fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
+
eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW]
See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@ static int __init setup_add_efi_memmap(char *arg)
}
early_param("add_efi_memmap", setup_add_efi_memmap);
+static bool efi_no_storage_paranoia;
+
+static int __init setup_storage_paranoia(char *arg)
+{
+ efi_no_storage_paranoia = true;
+ return 0;
+}
+early_param("efi_no_storage_paranoia", setup_storage_paranoia);
+
static efi_status_t virt_efi_get_time(efi_time_t *tm, efi_time_cap_t *tc)
{
@@ -988,7 +997,10 @@ efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
" is returning MaxVariableSize=0\n");
if (!storage_size || size > remaining_size ||
- (max_size && size > max_size) ||
+ (max_size && size > max_size))
+ return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
+
+ if (!efi_no_storage_paranoia &&
(remaining_size - size) < (storage_size / 2))
return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled x86,efi: Implement efi_no_storage_paranoia parameter to the linux-3.5.y-queue branch of the 3.5.y.z extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.5.y-queue If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.5.y.z tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Luis ------ From 45771f787cf4de2157a4ea4f93ba054d585f3f20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:00:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] x86,efi: Implement efi_no_storage_paranoia parameter commit 8c58bf3eec3b8fc8162fe557e9361891c20758f2 upstream. Using this parameter one can disable the storage_size/2 check if he is really sure that the UEFI does sane gc and fulfills the spec. This parameter is useful if a devices uses more than 50% of the storage by default. The Intel DQSW67 desktop board is such a sucker for exmaple. Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> [ luis: backported to 3.5: adjusted context ] Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 ++++++ arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 14 +++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) -- 1.8.1.2