Hi, one option that doesn't seem to have been considered would be to create a separate package (let's call it UEFIx) that installs an UEFI binary to EFI/boot/bootx64.efi. That binary could then do what the UEFI BIOS should've done (i.e. look at the EFI vars for bootorder, bootnext, etc and then go on to load the right bootloader).
That way you'll have a solution that'll work across the different bootloaders (grub-efi, gummiboot, etc), requires no changes to existing bootloaders and which will only have an effect if explicitly installed (adding d-i rescue code to optionally install the package should be pretty straightforward as well). It also means that efibootmgr will work as expected on both buggy and non-buggy machines. I realize you're alredy pretty well ahead on a different solution and that it's late in the Jessie game, but I thought I should at least throw this idea into the ring (it's basically what Matthew originally suggested in http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/4125.html). -- David Härdeman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141220084530.ga26...@hardeman.nu
