Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Dec 2022 08:37:17 +0100 | From | Johan Hovold <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] random number generator fixes for 6.2-rc1, part 2 |
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On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 03:24:58AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> In addition, there is one fix: > > - Check efi_rt_services_supported() before attempting to use an EFI runtime > function. This affected EFI systems that disable runtime services yet still > boot via EFI (e.g. the reporter's Dell arm64 laptop), as well systems where
Nit: This caused trouble on the Lenovo Thinkpad X13s that we're working on supporting in mainline (i.e. not Dell).
> EFI runtime services have been forcibly disabled, such as on PREEMPT_RT. On > those machines, a very early and hard to diagnose crash would happen, > preventing boot.
Johan
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