On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 09:45:30AM +0100, David Härdeman wrote: >Hi, 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). What you're suggesting is a good plan; I've even spoken with Matthew and some other upstream EFI maintainers. The shim package includes a fallback.efi which they recommend to install in the removable media path, and it does pretty much what you suggest. However, despite assurances months ago that we'd get a shim upload for Jessie that still hasn't happened. :-( I now think it's now way too late to add a new package like that for Jessie, hence I've been continuing down this route. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "I used to be the first kid on the block wanting a cranial implant, now I want to be the first with a cranial firewall. " -- Charlie Stross -- 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/20141221202255.gs14...@einval.com
