On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 05:51:42PM +0200, Oliver Steffen wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 4:10 PM Oliver Steffen <ostef...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 5:57 PM Daniel Kiper <dki...@net-space.pl>
> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 01:18:13PM +0200, Oliver Steffen
> wrote:
> > Add a new configuration drop-in file that loads the bli
> module and runs
> > the command if booting on the EFI platform.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Oliver Steffen <ostef...@redhat.com>
> > ---
> > Makefile.util.def | 6 ++++++
> > util/grub.d/25_bli.in | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644 util/grub.d/25_bli.in
> >
> > diff --git a/Makefile.util.def b/Makefile.util.def
> > index beaef1168..d90e59b94 100644
> > --- a/Makefile.util.def
> > +++ b/Makefile.util.def
> > @@ -510,6 +510,12 @@ script = {
> > condition = COND_HOST_LINUX;
> > };
> >
> > +script = {
> > + name = '25_bli';
> > + common = util/grub.d/25_bli.in;
> > + installdir = grubconf;
> > +};
> > +
> > script = {
> > name = '30_os-prober';
> > common = util/grub.d/30_os-prober.in;
> > diff --git a/util/grub.d/25_bli.in b/util/grub.d/
> 25_bli.in
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000..ba0f466f0
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/util/grub.d/25_bli.in
> > @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
> > +#!/usr/bin/sh
> > +set -e
> > +
> > +# grub-mkconfig helper script.
> > +# Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > +#
> > +# GRUB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
> modify
> > +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
> as published by
> > +# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
> License, or
> > +# (at your option) any later version.
> > +#
> > +# GRUB is distributed in the hope that it will be
> useful,
> > +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
> warranty of
> > +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> See the
> > +# GNU General Public License for more details.
> > +#
> > +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General
> Public License
> > +# along with GRUB. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/
> licenses/>.
> > +
> > +cat << EOF
> > +if [ "\$grub_platform" = "efi" ]; then
> > + insmod bli
> > + bli
>
> When I see this I question myself: do we really need a bli
> command?
> Why do not simplify things and do what is needed when
> module is loaded?
>
>
> We could do everything from the module init function. But then this
> module
> does not provide a command anymore and probably should not live in
> grub-core/commands. Where should this go?
We do not have separate place for such modules. Everything goes to the
grub-core/commands. E.g. the tpm module does not provide any commands
and is in the grub-core/commands directory.
> Same for the documentation for it. The manual does not have a "modules"
> section.
It does not need to be a part of "commands" section. I would just create
a separate section for bli module. I expect it will be expanded in the
future.
Daniel
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