ACK/cmnt: [PATCH][SRU][B/C/D/raspi2] Enable UEFI hooks

Kleber Souza kleber.souza at canonical.com
Wed Jun 5 10:23:49 UTC 2019


On 5/29/19 3:33 PM, Paolo Pisati wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1827750
> 
> Impact:
> 
> The linux-raspi2 kernel doesn't have the necessary UEFI hooks to boot on a UEFI enabled system.
> 
> Fix:
> 
> Enable the relevant UEFI options (see the per-release attached patches).
> 
> How to test:
> 
> On a patched kernel, UEFI presence will be check during boot:
> 
> $ dmesg | grep -i eufi
> ...
> [    0.000000] efi: UEFI not found.
> ...
> 
> Regression potential:
> 
> Low, some config changes that were enabled in generic long ago.
> --
> 
> Paolo Pisati (1):
>   UBUNTU: [Config] enable EFI support
> 
>  debian.raspi2/config/config.common.ubuntu | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

The changes are straightforward, but I would suggest adding the following
text to the commit message:

----------------------
The linux-raspi2 kernel doesn't have the necessary UEFI hooks to boot on 
a UEFI enabled system. Enable the relevant UEFI options.
----------------------

Acked-by: Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <kleber.souza at canonical.com>



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