On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 8:13 AM, Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org> wrote:

On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 03:14:53PM -0800, Sandeep Paulraj wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Has anybody tried using efibootmgr on the Juno Board?

Yes.

> I am using linaro-image-lamp-genericarmv8-20141212-729.rootfs.tar.gz
> <http://releases.linaro.org/latest/members/arm/openembedded/juno-lsk/linaro-image-lamp-genericarmv8-20141212-729.rootfs.tar.gz>
> from http://releases.linaro.org/latest/members/arm/openembedded/juno-lsk
>
> However, i see issues while using efibootmgr
>
> root@genericarmv8:~# efibootmgr -V
> version unknown (fix Makefile!)

(OK, that one is a bit ugly, but not a big issue in practice.)

> root@genericarmv8:~# efibootmgr -a
> Fatal: Couldn't open either sysfs or procfs directories for accessing EFI
> variables.
> Try 'modprobe efivars' as root.

This problem has nothing to do with your filesystem, and everything to
do with your kernel.

What kernel and UEFI images are you using?

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    Leif