Re: accessing efivarfs in debian-installer

2016-07-26 Thread Francesco De Vita
Hi On 27/5/2016 10:59, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 10:41:39AM +0200, Francesco De Vita wrote: > >On 25/5/2016 16:31, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > >> > >> I'm pretty sure we can do that from d-i since that's needed to get > >> UEFI support working AFAICT. Looking at udebs, it seems

Re: accessing efivarfs in debian-installer

2016-05-27 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 04:08:55PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Fri, 2016-05-27 at 09:13 -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 10:59:35AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > > On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 10:41:39AM +0200, Francesco De Vita wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > On 25/5/20

Re: accessing efivarfs in debian-installer

2016-05-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2016-05-27 at 09:13 -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 10:59:35AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 10:41:39AM +0200, Francesco De Vita wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > On 25/5/2016 16:31, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > > > Francesco De Vita (2016-05-24): >

Re: accessing efivarfs in debian-installer

2016-05-27 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 10:59:35AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 10:41:39AM +0200, Francesco De Vita wrote: > >Hi > > > >On 25/5/2016 16:31, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > >> Francesco De Vita (2016-05-24): > >> > So, is it possible to access the efivarfs interface and retrieve

Re: accessing efivarfs in debian-installer

2016-05-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 10:41:39AM +0200, Francesco De Vita wrote: >Hi > >On 25/5/2016 16:31, Cyril Brulebois wrote: >> Francesco De Vita (2016-05-24): >> > So, is it possible to access the efivarfs interface and retrieve >> > the required nvram-file inside the DI environment? >> >> I'm pretty su

Re: accessing efivarfs in debian-installer

2016-05-27 Thread Francesco De Vita
Hi On 25/5/2016 16:31, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Francesco De Vita (2016-05-24): > > So, is it possible to access the efivarfs interface and retrieve > > the required nvram-file inside the DI environment? > > I'm pretty sure we can do that from d-i since that's needed to get > UEFI support workin

Re: accessing efivarfs in debian-installer

2016-05-25 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi, Francesco De Vita (2016-05-24): > I have an ASUS T100TA [1] and I'm trying to use the wifi device with > the Debian Installer for Stretch Alpha 5 . (There's a Strech Alpha 6 now. ;)) > As explained here [2], the wifi device requires a proprietary firmware > and its nvram-file, a UEFI conf

Re: accessing efivarfs in debian-installer

2016-05-24 Thread Nicholas D Steeves
Hi Francesco, On 24 May 2016 at 06:47, Francesco De Vita wrote: > As explained here [2], the wifi device requires a proprietary firmware > and its nvram-file, a UEFI configuration variable from > /sys/firmware/efi/efivars. Loading the firmware in the DI is not a > problem but I'm unable to access

accessing efivarfs in debian-installer

2016-05-24 Thread Francesco De Vita
Hello I have an ASUS T100TA [1] and I'm trying to use the wifi device with the Debian Installer for Stretch Alpha 5 . As explained here [2], the wifi device requires a proprietary firmware and its nvram-file, a UEFI configuration variable from /sys/firmware/efi/efivars. Loading the firmware in