On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 13:32:36 +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On 6/17/20 1:12 PM, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 19:48:34 +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > > One of the side effects of the recent changes to PlatformBootManagerLib
> > > changes to avoid connecting all devices on every boot is that we no
> > > longer default to network boot on a virgin boot, but end up in the
> > > UiApp menu. At this point, the autogenerated boot options that we used
> > > to rely on will be instantiated too,
> >
> > The passive voice is confusing me a bit here - who does the updating,
> > and when specifically?
> >
>
> Originally, the ArmPkg PlatformBmLib would always refresh all boot options,
> but now, only the UiApp does that upon entry, at which point your sitting in
> the menu idly, and so automated network boot no longer works.
Sure. But the message should contain some description of agency.
Something like:
"On entry, the UiApp instantiates the autogenerated boot options that
we used to rely on - but it does not consume them. This breaks the
unattended..."
I assume the UiApp only ever *adds* entries, which is why checking
number of entries is sufficient?
With that/if so:
Reviewed-by: Leif Lindholm <l...@nuviainc.com>
/
Leif
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