Fail to add UEFI boot entry on some Lenovo notebooks
Bug #1217745 reported by
Anthony Wong
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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HWE Next |
Fix Released
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High
|
Hui Wang | ||
linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
|
Hui Wang | ||
Quantal |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Raring |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Tried UEFI Shell command:
Shell> bcfg boot add 3 fs0:\EFI\
F11's Boot Menu cannot show the test entry.
Run "sudo fwts uefivarinfo -" will give this error:
Test 1 of 1: UEFI variable info query.
UEFI NVRAM storage:
Maximum storage: 73708 bytes
Remaining storage: 59812 bytes
Maximum variable size: 40920 bytes
Variable is larger than maximum variable length.
Return status: EFI_BUFFER_
requested data. The required buffer size is returned in the appropriate
parameter when this error occurs.
Related branches
affects: | ubuntu → linux (Ubuntu) |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Hui Wang (hui.wang) |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: blocks-hwcert-enablement |
Changed in hwe-next: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
assignee: | nobody → Hui Wang (hui.wang) |
Changed in hwe-next: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in hwe-next: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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