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[Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Linux 3.8.6

** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Quantal)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Raring)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Quantal)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Raring)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Raring)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1217745

Title:
  Fail to add UEFI boot entry on some Lenovo notebooks

Status in HWE Next Project:
  Confirmed
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Committed
Status in “linux” source package in Raring:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Tried UEFI Shell command:
  Shell> bcfg boot add 3 fs0:\EFI\boot\bootxx64.efi "test"

  F11's Boot Menu cannot show the test entry.

  Run "sudo fwts uefivarinfo -" will give this error:

  Test 1 of 1: UEFI variable info query.
  UEFI NVRAM storage:
    Maximum storage: 73708 bytes
    Remaining storage: 59812 bytes
    Maximum variable size: 40920 bytes
  Variable is larger than maximum variable length.
  Return status: EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL. The buffer is not large enough to hold the
  requested data. The required buffer size is returned in the appropriate
  parameter when this error occurs.

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