[Bug 1265990] [NEW] efivarfs shouldn't block boot

[Eugene San]

Public bug reported:

On some EFI environments (for example Parallels VM) efivarfs is not available.
Missing mount breaks boot.

I suggest following change as solution:
--- a/src/fstab
+++ b/src/fstab
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 none            /sys/fs/fuse/connections  fusectl         optional                                     0 0
 none            /sys/kernel/debug         debugfs         optional                                     0 0
 none            /sys/kernel/security      securityfs      optional                                     0 0
-none            /sys/firmware/efi/efivars efivarfs        optional                                     0 0
+none            /sys/firmware/efi/efivars efivarfs        nobootwait                                   0 0
 none            /spu                      spufs           gid=spu,optional                             0 0
 none            /dev                      devtmpfs,tmpfs  mode=0755                                    0 0
 none            /dev/pts                  devpts          noexec,nosuid,gid=tty,mode=0620              0 0

** Affects: mountall (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  On some EFI environments (for example Parallels VM) efivarfs is not available.
  Missing mount breaks boot.
  
  I suggest following change as solution:
- diff -Nru mountall-2.52.orig/src/fstab mountall-2.52/src/fstab
  --- a/src/fstab
  +++ b/src/fstab
  @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
-  none            /sys/fs/fuse/connections  fusectl         optional                                     0 0
-  none            /sys/kernel/debug         debugfs         optional                                     0 0
-  none            /sys/kernel/security      securityfs      optional                                     0 0
+  none            /sys/fs/fuse/connections  fusectl         optional                                     0 0
+  none            /sys/kernel/debug         debugfs         optional                                     0 0
+  none            /sys/kernel/security      securityfs      optional                                     0 0
  -none            /sys/firmware/efi/efivars efivarfs        optional                                     0 0
  +none            /sys/firmware/efi/efivars efivarfs        nobootwait                                   0 0
-  none            /spu                      spufs           gid=spu,optional                             0 0
-  none            /dev                      devtmpfs,tmpfs  mode=0755                                    0 0
-  none            /dev/pts                  devpts          noexec,nosuid,gid=tty,mode=0620              0 0
+  none            /spu                      spufs           gid=spu,optional                             0 0
+  none            /dev                      devtmpfs,tmpfs  mode=0755                                    0 0
+  none            /dev/pts                  devpts          noexec,nosuid,gid=tty,mode=0620              0 0

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Title:
  efivarfs shouldn't block boot

Status in “mountall” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On some EFI environments (for example Parallels VM) efivarfs is not available.
  Missing mount breaks boot.

  I suggest following change as solution:
  --- a/src/fstab
  +++ b/src/fstab
  @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   none            /sys/fs/fuse/connections  fusectl         optional                                     0 0
   none            /sys/kernel/debug         debugfs         optional                                     0 0
   none            /sys/kernel/security      securityfs      optional                                     0 0
  -none            /sys/firmware/efi/efivars efivarfs        optional                                     0 0
  +none            /sys/firmware/efi/efivars efivarfs        nobootwait                                   0 0
   none            /spu                      spufs           gid=spu,optional                             0 0
   none            /dev                      devtmpfs,tmpfs  mode=0755                                    0 0
   none            /dev/pts                  devpts          noexec,nosuid,gid=tty,mode=0620              0 0

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