Alastair, I believe those are documented in the EFI spec available on the developer.intel.com website. I've attached what I get from /proc/efi/vars/Lang-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c on a zx2000. I'd be happy to test any code you come up with on this box. Thanks,
Alex
Alastair McKinstry wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm working on the debian-installer, and noticed that on ia64, you can
> read EFI vars via /proc/efi/vars, specifically Lang* and LangCodes*.
> Is there any documentation on these, and other EFI vars?
>
> Failing docs, can someone with an ia64 please tell me example contents
> of those vars?
>
> I'm working on a module that autodetects some defaults for
> debian-installer, such as the default lang. The same can be done from
> the SRM console on alpha platforms.
>
> Also, is there a way I can test such code? It would require root privs
> on an ia64.
>
> It would help if you cc:'d me directly, as I'm not on debian-ia64 (I
> don't have such a machine); I'll be following the web interface for a
> while for followups.
>
> Regards,
> Alastair
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