ACK: [PATCH] uefi: Don't abort on non-UEFI firmware

Jeremy Kerr jk at ozlabs.org
Thu Apr 24 07:41:28 UTC 2014


Hi all,

>> @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ static int securebootcert_init(fwts_framework *fw)
>>  {
>>  	if (fwts_firmware_detect() != FWTS_FIRMWARE_UEFI) {
>>  		fwts_log_info(fw, "Cannot detect any UEFI firmware. Aborted.");
>> -		return FWTS_ABORTED;
>> +		return FWTS_SKIP;
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	if (!fwts_uefi_efivars_iface_exist()) {

Just so I get this right in future - what's the conceptual difference
between a skip and an abort? Abort looked like more of a failure to me,
hence the change. But is there a more solid definition here?

Thanks!


Jeremy




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