On Wed, 17 Apr 2013, Richard Weinberger wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > --- > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 ++++++ > arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 15 ++++++++++++++- > 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > index 4609e81..d1cc3a9 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > @@ -788,6 +788,12 @@ 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. > > diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c > index 4959e3f..07524e1 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c > +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c > @@ -113,6 +113,16 @@ static int __init setup_add_efi_memmap(char *arg) > } > early_param("add_efi_memmap", setup_add_efi_memmap); > > +static bool efi_no_storage_paranoia; > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efi_no_storage_paranoia);
Is there any particular reason to export this symbol? -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
