On Mi, 27.07.22 17:15, Chris Murphy (li...@colorremedies.com) wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2022, at 4:47 PM, Lennart Poettering wrote: > > On Mi, 27.07.22 16:19, Chris Murphy (li...@colorremedies.com) wrote: > > > >> >> Boot Loader Spec defines $BOOT as either EFI System partition (ESP) or > >> >> Extended Boot Loader Partition (XBOOTLDR), and in effect they need to > >> >> be FAT in order to fulfill the interoperability intent of the spec, > >> >> because it is a shared $BOOT across all distros. > >> > > >> > You can use any FS you want with efifs[1]. > >> > >> Yeah, but it's impractical: > >> > >> * $BOOT is supposed to be readable by all distros that share $BOOT > > > > Hmm, afaik fedora installs /boot/ currently as ext4, no? *Every* Linux > > OS should be able to mount that... > > I'm talking about distro bootloaders being able to read $BOOT in the pre-boot > environment. > > If Fedora decides $BOOT Is ext4, that binds other distros looking to > adopt BLS into shipping signed efifs ext4 too, in order to use the > same $BOOT format we are. Or else, ignore our XBOOTLDR and create > their own, in which case we're right back to square one, which is > mutually exclusive /boot, no sharing or cooperation between distros.
Well, boot loader spec is *already* used by fedora on ext4. So you are describing the status quo? I mean, I for one would always suggest people to use the spec on vfat only, and not bother with ext4, so that it is truly universally accessible. But that is simply not what Fedora chose to do, and instead put it on ext4. Not we need to find reasonable compatible ways to support that for existing installations, but not more. For future installations we can all just do boot loader spec on vfat and all distros will be jolly. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering, Berlin _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
