> > I'm a little uneasy having this run by default if enabled, even if it's
> > disabled by default in the config.
>
> What would be the canonical way to enable this feature then? Have a file
White list systems and a option to force enable.
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> But, as Eric said, it should be OK if it is implemented in the kdump kenel.
kdump doesn't work for a lot of use cases (too much memory consumption)
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On Wed, 16 Oct, at 01:14:16PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > + It should be noted that enabling this opton will pass a capsule
> > + to the firmware on every boot. Some firmware will not allow a
> > + user to enter the BIOS setup when a capsule has been registered
> > + on the previous boot
On Wed, 16 Oct, at 02:52:25PM, Luck, Tony wrote:
> > Where by "May not function correctly" you mean "May crash the system"?
> > I'm a little uneasy having this run by default if enabled, even if it's
> > disabled by default in the config.
>
> There's also an "either/or" choice between using efi-
On Wed, 16 Oct, at 03:19:39PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 02:51:00PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
>
> > + Many EFI machines have buggy implementations of the UpdateCapsule()
> > + runtime service. This option will enable code that may not function
> > + correctly wi
> There's also an "either/or" choice between using efi-capsule with pstore, and
> the
> traditional kexec/kdump method for getting a memory dump from a crash. We
> have to go through a reset to save the capsule - but we don't want a reset for
> kexec. Perhaps we can pass the reset parameters th
> + It should be noted that enabling this opton will pass a capsule
> + to the firmware on every boot. Some firmware will not allow a
> + user to enter the BIOS setup when a capsule has been registered
> + on the previous boot.
That sounds like a problem. Can this be fixed
> Where by "May not function correctly" you mean "May crash the system"?
> I'm a little uneasy having this run by default if enabled, even if it's
> disabled by default in the config.
There's also an "either/or" choice between using efi-capsule with pstore, and
the
traditional kexec/kdump metho
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 02:51:00PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> + Many EFI machines have buggy implementations of the UpdateCapsule()
> + runtime service. This option will enable code that may not function
> + correctly with your firmware.
Where by "May not function correctly" y
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