Dear Daniel,
On 09/19/18 16:08, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 08:37:50PM +0300, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
>> On Thu, 6 Sep 2018, 17:03 Paul Menzel, <pmen...@molgen.mpg.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 15:15:45 +0200
>>>
>>> If executing `efibootmgr` fails, for example, because the system is
>>> booted in legacy mode, but with a mounted EFI System Partition, the
>>> error message mentions *efibootmgr*. To make it easier for users to work
>>> around that problem by skipping running `efibootmgr`, add the word to
>>> the description of the switch *no-nvram*, which skips the efibootmgr
>>> execution.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <pmen...@molgen.mpg.de>
>>> ---
>>> v2: Add Signed-off-by line
>>>
>>> util/grub-install.c | 2 +-
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/util/grub-install.c b/util/grub-install.c
>>> index a44858198..335662a58 100644
>>> --- a/util/grub-install.c
>>> +++ b/util/grub-install.c
>>> @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static struct argp_option options[] = {
>>> N_("disk module to use (biosdisk or native). "
>>> "This option is only available on BIOS target."), 2},
>>> {"no-nvram", OPTION_NO_NVRAM, 0, 0,
>>> - N_("don't update the `boot-device'/`Boot*' NVRAM variables. "
>>> + N_("don't run efibootmgr to update the `boot-device'/`Boot*' NVRAM
>>> variables. "
>>> "This option is only available on EFI and IEEE1275 targets."), 2},
>>>
>> In case of ieee1275 this has nothing to do with efibootmgr
>
> Paul, are you going to repost the patch with relevant change in the code
> and commit message or should I fix it just before push?
I am still thinking how to phrase it. Maybe, just add efibootmanager
after EFI?
> don’t update the `boot-device'/`Boot*' NVRAM variables. This option
> is only available on EFI (efibootmgr) and IEEE1275 targets.
Kind regards,
Paul
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