Alastair, I believe those are documented in the EFI spec available on the developer.intel.com website. I've attached what I get from /proc/efi/vars/Lang-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c on a zx2000. I'd be happy to test any code you come up with on this box. Thanks, Alex Alastair McKinstry wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm working on the debian-installer, and noticed that on ia64, you can > read EFI vars via /proc/efi/vars, specifically Lang* and LangCodes*. > Is there any documentation on these, and other EFI vars? > > Failing docs, can someone with an ia64 please tell me example contents > of those vars? > > I'm working on a module that autodetects some defaults for > debian-installer, such as the default lang. The same can be done from > the SRM console on alpha platforms. > > Also, is there a way I can test such code? It would require root privs > on an ia64. > > It would help if you cc:'d me directly, as I'm not on debian-ia64 (I > don't have such a machine); I'll be following the web interface for a > while for followups. > > Regards, > Alastair > > -- > Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org> > GPG Key fingerprint = 9E64 E714 8E08 81F9 F3DC 1020 FA8E 3790 9051 38F4 > > He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from > oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that > will reach to himself. > > - --Thomas Paine > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Name: signature.asc > signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature > Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Alex Williamson Linux Development Lab alex_williamson@hp.com Hewlett Packard 970-898-9173 Fort Collins, CO
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