linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] efivarfs: fix abnormal GUID in variable name by using strcpy to replace null with dash

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Date:	Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:36:41 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	Frederic Crozat <fcrozat@...e.com>
Cc:	joeyli <jlee@...e.com>, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michael Schroeder <mls@...e.com>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>,
	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efivarfs: fix abnormal GUID in variable name by using
 strcpy to replace null with dash

On Wed, 2013-03-06 at 12:58 +0100, Frederic Crozat wrote:
> Le mercredi 06 mars 2013 à 11:19 +0000, Matt Fleming a écrit :
> 
> > Also, which machine did you see this behaviour on?
> 
> HP z220 desktop, System BIOS K51 v 1.54
> 
> this issue is only the "Secure Boot" related variables, which make me
> think HP incorrectly created them in their latest firmware (where they
> added Windows 8 support).

Are you saying that the behaviour regarding VariableNameSize changes
depending on which variable is returned?

Mercy.....

Thanks for the info.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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