[ab4fdfc] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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[756a787] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[e5249951] | 7 | <!ENTITY efivar-download-http "https://github.com/rhboot/efivar/archive/&efivar-version;/efivar-&efivar-version;.tar.gz">
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[756a787] | 8 | <!ENTITY efivar-download-ftp " ">
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[e5249951] | 9 | <!ENTITY efivar-md5sum "a8fc3e79336cd6e738ab44f9bc96a5aa">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY efivar-size "456 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY efivar-buildsize "21 MB">
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[756a787] | 12 | <!ENTITY efivar-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="efivar" xreflabel="efivar-&efivar-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="efivar.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <title>efivar-&efivar-version;</title>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <indexterm zone="efivar">
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| 22 | <primary sortas="a-efivar">efivar</primary>
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| 23 | </indexterm>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 26 | <title>Introduction to efivar</title>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para>
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| 29 | The <application>efivar</application> package provides tools and
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| 30 | libraries to manipulate EFI variables.
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| 31 | </para>
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| 32 |
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[acf3653a] | 33 | &lfs122_checked;
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[756a787] | 34 |
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| 35 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 36 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 37 | <listitem>
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| 38 | <para>
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| 39 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&efivar-download-http;"/>
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| 40 | </para>
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| 41 | </listitem>
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>
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| 44 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&efivar-download-ftp;"/>
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| 45 | </para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>
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| 49 | Download MD5 sum: &efivar-md5sum;
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| 50 | </para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>
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| 54 | Download size: &efivar-size;
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| 55 | </para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>
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| 59 | Estimated disk space required: &efivar-buildsize;
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| 60 | </para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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| 63 | <para>
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| 64 | Estimated build time: &efivar-time;
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| 65 | </para>
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| 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | </itemizedlist>
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[e5249951] | 68 | <!--
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[99ae185e] | 69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 70 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 71 | <listitem>
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| 72 | <para>
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[4f464d8e] | 73 | Optional patch (Required for 32-bit systems):
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[99ae185e] | 74 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/efivar-&efivar-version;-i686-1.patch"/>
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| 75 | </para>
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| 76 | </listitem>
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| 77 | </itemizedlist>
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[e5249951] | 78 | -->
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[7a91c80] | 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">efivar Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 80 |
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[e5249951] | 81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 82 | <para role="recommended">
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[7a91c80] | 83 | <xref linkend="mandoc"/>
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| 84 | </para>
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[756a787] | 85 |
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| 86 | </sect2>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 89 | <title>Installation of efivar</title>
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| 90 |
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[4f464d8e] | 91 | <note>
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| 92 | <para>
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| 93 | This package cannot function properly on a 32-bit system with a
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| 94 | 64-bit UEFI implementation. Don't install this package (or
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| 95 | efibootmgr) on 32-bit system unless you are absolutely sure you have
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| 96 | a 32-bit UEFI implementation, which is very rare in practice.
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 | </note>
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| 99 |
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[756a787] | 100 | <para>
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[d5cc78a] | 101 | Build <application>efivar</application> with the following commands:
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[756a787] | 102 | </para>
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| 103 |
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[e5249951] | 104 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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[756a787] | 105 |
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| 106 | <para>
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| 107 | The test suite of this package is dangerous. Running it may trigger
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| 108 | firmware bugs and make your system unusable without using some special
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| 109 | hardware to reprogram the firmware.
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| 110 | </para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <para>
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| 113 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 114 | </para>
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| 115 |
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[cd73bb8] | 116 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install LIBDIR=/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
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[756a787] | 117 |
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| 118 | </sect2>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 121 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <para>
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| 124 | <parameter>LIBDIR=/usr/lib</parameter>:
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| 125 | This option overrides the default library directory of the package
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| 126 | (<filename class="directory">/usr/lib64</filename>, which is not used
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[e5249951] | 127 | by LFS).
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| 128 | </para>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <para>
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| 131 | <option>ENABLE_DOCS=0</option>: Disable the generation of man pages.
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| 132 | Append this option after the <command>make</command> and
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| 133 | <command>make install</command> commands if you don't need the man
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| 134 | pages to allow building this package without <xref linkend='mandoc'/>
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| 135 | installed.
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[756a787] | 136 | </para>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | </sect2>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 141 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <segmentedlist>
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| 144 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 145 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 146 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <seglistitem>
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| 149 | <seg>
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[7a91c80] | 150 | efisecdb and efivar
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[756a787] | 151 | </seg>
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| 152 | <seg>
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[7a91c80] | 153 | libefiboot.so, libefisec.so, and libefivar.so
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[756a787] | 154 | </seg>
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| 155 | <seg>
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| 156 | /usr/include/efivar
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| 157 | </seg>
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| 158 | </seglistitem>
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| 159 | </segmentedlist>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <variablelist>
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| 162 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 163 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 164 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 165 |
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[7a91c80] | 166 | <varlistentry id="efisecdb">
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| 167 | <term><command>efisecdb</command></term>
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| 168 | <listitem>
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| 169 | <para>
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| 170 | is an utility for managing UEFI signature lists
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| 171 | </para>
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| 172 | <indexterm zone="efivar efisecdb">
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| 173 | <primary sortas="b-efisecdb">efisecdb</primary>
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| 174 | </indexterm>
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| 175 | </listitem>
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| 176 | </varlistentry>
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| 177 |
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[756a787] | 178 | <varlistentry id="efivar-prog">
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| 179 | <term><command>efivar</command></term>
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| 180 | <listitem>
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| 181 | <para>
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| 182 | is a tool to manipulate UEFI variables
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| 183 | </para>
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| 184 | <indexterm zone="efivar efivar-prog">
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| 185 | <primary sortas="b-efivar">efivar</primary>
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| 186 | </indexterm>
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| 187 | </listitem>
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| 188 | </varlistentry>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <varlistentry id="libefiboot">
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| 191 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libefiboot.so</filename></term>
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| 192 | <listitem>
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| 193 | <para>
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| 194 | is a library used by <command>efibootmgr</command>
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| 195 | </para>
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| 196 | <indexterm zone="efivar libefiboot">
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| 197 | <primary sortas="c-libefiboot">libefiboot.so</primary>
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| 198 | </indexterm>
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| 199 | </listitem>
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| 200 | </varlistentry>
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| 201 |
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[7a91c80] | 202 | <varlistentry id="libefisec">
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| 203 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libefisec.so</filename></term>
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| 204 | <listitem>
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| 205 | <para>
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| 206 | is a library for managing UEFI signature lists
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| 207 | </para>
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| 208 | <indexterm zone="efivar libefisec">
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| 209 | <primary sortas="c-libefisec">libefisec.so</primary>
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| 210 | </indexterm>
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| 211 | </listitem>
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| 212 | </varlistentry>
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| 213 |
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[756a787] | 214 | <varlistentry id="libefivar">
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| 215 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libefivar.so</filename></term>
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| 216 | <listitem>
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| 217 | <para>
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| 218 | is a library for the manipulation of EFI variables
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| 219 | </para>
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[e5249951] | 220 | <indexterm zone="efivar libefivar">
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| 221 | <primary sortas="c-libefivar">libefivar.so</primary>
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[756a787] | 222 | </indexterm>
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| 223 | </listitem>
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| 224 | </varlistentry>
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| 225 |
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| 226 | </variablelist>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | </sect2>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | </sect1>
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