Efibootmgr 0.5.4 works but 0.6.0 fails silently

Question

The code below works flawlessly with the 0.5.4 version of efibootmgr but not with version 0.6.0 ... it fails silently and does not add any entries to the NVRAM.
echo "initrd=\EFI\arch\initramfs-linux.img root=/dev/mapper/vgTESTDrive-lvRoot cryptdevice=/dev/md33:vgTESTDrive add_efi_memmap pcie_aspm=force quiet" | iconv -f ascii -t ucs2 | efibootmgr --verbose --create --write-signature --gpt --disk /dev/sdd --part 1 --label "arch 2013-03-30 14:30:52" --loader '\EFI\arch\vmlinuz-linux.efi' --append-binary-args -
So my question is what changed in efibootmgr 0.6.0 that could explain this and how do I fix my code?

Answer 1

dhave wrote:
timi wrote:depends on the kernel, efibootmgr works with 3.7.* er kernel, and probably pre 3.8.3 but not with 3.8.3 and above on my system (mainboard: asus f1a75m-pro)
due to uefi patches in 3.8.3?
@KairiTech: What kernel are you using? Timi's post has me wondering.
efibootmgr version 0.5.4
Linux archboot 3.6.2-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Oct 12 23:58:58 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Code below works as expected and adds an entry to the NVRAM:
efibootmgr --create --write-signature --gpt --disk /dev/sdd --part 1 --label "TESTarch 2013-04-03 19:45:25" --loader '\EFI\TESTarch\vmlinuz-linux.efi' --unicode "initrd=\\EFI\\TESTarch\\initramfs-linux.img root=/dev/mapper/vgTESTDrive-lvRoot cryptdevice=/dev/md33:vgTESTDrive add_efi_memmap pcie_aspm=force quiet"
efibootmgr version 0.6.0
Linux archboot 3.8.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 20 22:10:25 CET 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Code below does not add an entry to the NVRAM nor provides any error messages:
efibootmgr --create --write-signature --gpt --disk /dev/sdd --part 1 --label "TESTarch 2013-04-03 19:59:14" --loader '\EFI\TESTarch\vmlinuz-linux.efi' --unicode "initrd=\\EFI\\TESTarch\\initramfs-linux.img root=/dev/mapper/vgTESTDrive-lvRoot cryptdevice=/dev/md33:vgTESTDrive add_efi_memmap pcie_aspm=force quiet"
The two lines of code above are generated by the same script and should be identical except for the time in the label text.
Last edited by KairiTech (2013-04-04 00:20:12)