On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:28:13PM +0800, Lingzhu Xiang wrote:
> This is apparently a kernel bug. It should be introduced after bug 703574.
>
> In an attempt to protect more Samsungs from bricking, kernel prevented
> you from using more than 50% firmware storage with efi variables.
> Somehow the algorithm of determining 50% gets overzealous with
> different firmware, and on your machine it decides it's always over
> 50% and stops you from doing anything no matter how. This is why you
> can't create new boot entries.
[...]
No, that particular check is currently patched out in Debian 'wheezy'.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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