Source: linux Version: 4.9.25-1 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hi,
During the Paris BSP I've discovered that a number of laptops need firmware but also configuration files which are found in efivarfs. Please find attached a prospective, untested patch to ship efivarfs inside efi-modules, so that one has a chance of mounting that special FS from within d-i. A thread happened earlier on debian-boot: https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2016/05/msg00318.html (cc'ing debian-boot@ and Steve who wanted to get this fixed.) KiBi.
>From f9b86e0c94f95960f69039ec0123d69c48df94e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 15:31:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] udeb: Add efivarfs to efi-modules. This might be needed to retrieve firmware or configuration bits from d-i. --- debian/changelog | 4 ++++ debian/installer/modules/efi-modules | 1 + 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index ade2383..ad36cc6 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ linux (4.9.27-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium [ Aurelien Jarno ] * [mips*/*-malta] Enable POWER_RESET and POWER_RESET_SYSCON. + [ Cyril Brulebois ] + * udeb: Add efivarfs to efi-modules, which can be needed to retrieve + firmware or configuration bits from d-i. + -- Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> Mon, 08 May 2017 21:11:08 +0200 linux (4.9.25-1) unstable; urgency=medium diff --git a/debian/installer/modules/efi-modules b/debian/installer/modules/efi-modules index 9173272..63bedfc 100644 --- a/debian/installer/modules/efi-modules +++ b/debian/installer/modules/efi-modules @@ -1 +1,2 @@ efivars +efivarfs -- 2.1.4