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Subject: Re: [BUG SEVERE] Failure to enable EFI Runtime services on T2 Macs
Thread-Topic: [BUG SEVERE] Failure to enable EFI Runtime services on T2 Macs
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> On 08-Feb-2022, at 7:33 PM, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> wrote:
>=20
> On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 at 14:55, Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com> wrote:
>>=20
>> On using some specific kernel configuration, on Macs with the T2 Securit=
y chip, EFI Runtime services fail to start. Some logs which may be useful a=
re as follows :-
>>=20
>> Feb 08 17:11:11 MacBook kernel: [Firmware Bug]: Page fault caused by fir=
mware at PA: 0xffffa79840068000
>> Feb 08 17:11:11 MacBook kernel: WARNING: CPU: 11 PID: 150 at arch/x86/pl=
atform/efi/quirks.c:735 efi_crash_gracefully_on_page_fault+0x50/0xd0
>=20
> This means the firmware is broken. There is very little we can do
> about this beyond disabling EFI runtime services entirely on such
> systems.
>=20
> ...
>=20
>> The kernel configuration where this bug is seen is on https://github.com=
/t2linux/T2-Ubuntu-Kernel/blob/Mainline/templates/default-config
>>=20
>> I had an old kernel configuration, where I did not face this issue and w=
as easily able to write to the NVRAM. That kernel configuration is on https=
://github.com/t2linux/T2-Ubuntu-Kernel/blob/b5c20b8c7689251dd943e22dbe02cef=
9020db8d1/templates/default-config
>>=20
>> I believe these lines in the kernel config, which are present in the for=
mer but absent in the latter are causing the issue :-
>>=20
> ...
>=20
>> Especially CONFIG_LOAD_UEFI_KEYS=3Dy is which I guess may be the culprit=
.
>>=20
>=20
> Yes, that seems likely.
>=20
>> I request you to reply to my issue as soon as possible
>>=20
>=20
> Please stop demanding attention like this, even though it is thinly
> veiled as courteous.
>=20
> If you want to run bleeding edge kernels on non-standard EFI hardware,
> you have to be able to sort yourself out to some extent. I am the
> EFI-on-Linux maintainer, but that doesn't mean I work for you and have
> to be on call to fix your problems.

Looks like I offended you. Heartiest apologies for that. I guess being from=
 a non English background my works had a negative effect on you. My intenti=
on was just to get help, not complain.

Regards
Aditya