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[Brad Figg <brad.figg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves
the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the
results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-quantal-
needed' to 'verification-quantal-done'.

If verification is not done by one week from today, this fix will be
dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

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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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