ACK: [quantal][PATCH] x86: efi: Turn off efi_enabled after setup on mixed fw/kernel

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Tue Nov 27 15:44:27 UTC 2012


On 11/27/2012 08:13 AM, Chris J Arges wrote:
> SRU Justification:
> 
> Impact: Booting i386 kernels on 64-bit efi firmware does not work on
> quantal.
> 
> Fix: Upstream commit 5189c2a7c7769ee9d037d76c1a7b8550ccf3481c can be
> cherry-picked into quantal. This commit is already present in raring.
> 
> Testcase: Properly boot an i386 quantal kernel on a device that has
> 64-bit EFI firmware.
> 
> BugLink: http://launchpad.net/bugs/1082059
> 
> 
> 

Note that this is a backport and not a clean cherry-pick.

Herton - stable material ?

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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com




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