Re: GRUB fails to load kernel on linux-sparc64

2019-04-16 Thread Didier Spaier
On 16/04/2019 21:38, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > That would indeed explain the problem. However, Debian's GRUB version > does support compressed kernels on sparc64. I wonder whether we have > a local modification that makes this possible. Which makes me ask this OT question: with the releas

Re: [PATCH] video: skip 'text' gfxpayload if not supported, to fallback to default

2019-05-10 Thread Didier Spaier
On 10/05/2019 13:38, Daniel Kiper wrote: > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 01:57:02PM -0400, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre wrote: >> On UEFI, 'text' gfxpayload is not supported, but we still reach >> parse_modespec >> with it, which will obviously fail. Fortunately, whatever gfxpayload is set, >> we still still

Re: [PATCH] video: skip 'text' gfxpayload if not supported, to fallback to default

2019-05-10 Thread Didier Spaier
On 10/05/2019 15:24, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre wrote: > On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 7:52 AM Didier Spaier wrote: >> >> On 10/05/2019 13:38, Daniel Kiper wrote: >>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 01:57:02PM -0400, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre wrote: >>>> On UEFI, 'text&#

Re: [PATCH v5] probe: Support probing for GPT partition UUID with -g

2019-05-13 Thread Didier Spaier
Hello, On 13/05/2019 22:35, Jacob Kroon wrote: > Hi Vladimir, > > On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 10:11 PM Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko > wrote: >> >> Ideally the option shouldn't be specific to GPT as other partmaps also have >> stable IDs. I think it's better not to have short option at all >> > >

Windows versions identification needs an update in osdect.cfg

2019-07-11 Thread Didier Spaier
Hello, didier[/data/GitHub/grub]$ grep Windows docs/osdetect.cfg menuentry "Windows Vista bootmgr (on $device)" $device { menuentry "Windows NT/2000/XP loader (on $device)" $device { menuentry "Windows 98/ME (on $device)" $device { Could this file be updated for Windows 7

Re: [PATCH] Add GRUB_DISABLE_UUID.

2019-09-20 Thread Didier Spaier
On 20/09/2019 15:23, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: On 9/20/19 2:42 PM, Daniel Kiper wrote: On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 02:20:06PM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: Hello Daniel, On 9/18/19 2:39 PM, Daniel Kiper wrote: Adding Nicholas... On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 05:48:45PM +0200, Javier Mar

Re: [PATCH v2 08/12] kern: Make grub_error() more verbose

2020-03-06 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 06/03/2020 à 13:43, Daniel Kiper a écrit : > If we go that way then we have to care about them by the end of the > universe. And this means more and more issues like [1]. If somebody > wants to use new GRUB then he/she have to reinstall the machine or > something like that. IMO we should not car

Re: [PATCH v2 08/12] kern: Make grub_error() more verbose

2020-03-06 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 06/03/2020 à 15:38, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko a écrit : > What's the problem with having bios boot partition? You can put it > exactly in the spot you describe (in fact I do so) and it works as > well, just additionally it marks this space as occupied That'd be just one less thing to care a

Re: [PATCH v2 08/12] kern: Make grub_error() more verbose

2020-03-06 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 06/03/2020 à 17:39, Lennart Sorensen a écrit : > On Fri, Mar 06, 2020 at 05:30:23PM +0100, Didier Spaier wrote: >> That'd be just one less thing to care about for the Slint installer >> in case of an 'automatic' installation, nothing major. >> >>

Re: [PATCH v2 08/12] kern: Make grub_error() more verbose

2020-03-06 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 06/03/2020 à 18:03, David Michael a écrit : > On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 9:02 AM Didier Spaier wrote: >> Le 06/03/2020 à 13:43, Daniel Kiper a écrit : >>> If we go that way then we have to care about them by the end of the >>> universe. And this means more and more i

Re: [PATCH] Warn if MBR gap is small and user uses advanced modules

2020-03-11 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 11/03/2020 à 13:43, Daniel Kiper a écrit : > Adding Michael, Mihai, Javier and Peter... > > Below you can find what more or less Vladimir and I agreed WRT small MBR > gap. In general Vladimir convinced me to phase out small MBR gaps > support gradually. This is first step in this journey. We

Re: need hostname on menu

2021-01-24 Thread Didier Spaier
Hi, Le 24/01/2021 à 01:52, Humphrey van Polanen Petel a écrit : However, it seems to me that it would be a lot more useful to add a parameter allowing the user to display the name of the install from /etc/hostname. I won't repeat what grub developers said but in addition: 1) Other users coul

Re: need hostname on menu

2021-01-24 Thread Didier Spaier
Sorry for the faulty paste, please keep only the part quoted below: Le 24/01/2021 à 10:28, Didier Spaier a écrit : > Hi,> > Le 24/01/2021 à 01:52, Humphrey van Polanen Petel a écrit :>> However, it seems to me that it would be a lot more useful to add a >> parameter

How-to make grub play a sound when it asks a passphrase and/or in case of an issue.

2021-02-03 Thread Didier Spaier
Hello devs, The new installer of the Slint Linux distribution that I maintain allows in guided mode to fully (minus the BiosBoot partition and the ESP) encrypt the drive where Slint is installed, if this drive is dedicated to Slint. As the layout of the partition table then includes just one par

Re: How-to make grub play a sound when it asks a passphrase and/or in case of an issue.

2021-02-04 Thread Didier Spaier
Hi, thanks both for responding. Le 04/02/2021 à 17:39, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko a écrit : чт, 4 февр. 2021 г., 16:25 Lennart Sorensen mailto:lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>>: On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 10:54:28PM -0800, Hanson Char wrote: > I don't know if Grub currently has any sou

Re: [SECURITY PATCH 116/117] templates: Disable the os-prober by default

2021-03-02 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 02/03/2021 à 19:02, Daniel Kiper a écrit : From: Alex Burmashev diff --git a/util/grub.d/30_os-prober.in b/util/grub.d/30_os-prober.in index 1b91c102f..80685b15f 100644 --- a/util/grub.d/30_os-prober.in +++ b/util/grub.d/30_os-prober.in @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ export TEXTDOMAINDIR="@localedir@"

Re: [SECURITY PATCH 116/117] templates: Disable the os-prober by default

2021-03-03 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 03/03/2021 à 20:05, Lennart Sorensen a écrit : On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 07:43:23PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: I'm not sure I'm able to follow the motivation to keep the naming scheme as is. If I have an option called "DISABLE_FEATURE_X", then I would expect setting it to "true"

Re: [PATCH] templates: Properly disable the os-prober by default

2021-03-05 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 05/03/2021 à 22:15, Philip Müller a écrit : - disable os-prober by default in grub-mkconfig.in by setting GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER to true - fixes logic in 30_os-prober.in Reason for code shuffle in grub-mkconfig.in: The default was GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false if you don't set GRUB_DI

Re: IS: 2.06-rc1 cut... WAS: Re: [PATCH v2] Add chainloaded image as shim's verifiable object

2021-03-10 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 10/03/2021 à 17:06, Daniel Kiper a écrit : I have just pushed it together with other fixes and cleanups from the grub-devel. If you can see something important missing drop me a line immediately. Now I am working on 2.06-rc1 cut. If nothing blows up expect it tomorrow or on Friday... A least

GRUB 2.06

2021-04-08 Thread Didier Spaier
I am fine with shipping GRUB up to some commit in Slint, but not all distributions accept to do that, or to carry a zillion patches as does Debian. As result, end users complain "GRUB is broken" whereas a patch that fix the issue of which they suffer of has been committed upstream a long time a

Re: GRUB 2.06

2021-04-08 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 08/04/2021 à 21:28, Didier Spaier a écrit : I am fine with shipping GRUB up to some commit in Slint, but not all distributions accept to do that, or to carry a zillion patches as does Debian. As result, end users complain "GRUB is broken" whereas a patch that fix the issue of

Re: GRUB 2.06

2021-04-20 Thread Didier Spaier
Hi Daniel and John Paul Adrian, Le 20/04/2021 à 15:53, Daniel Kiper a écrit : > Hi Didier, > > On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 11:26:08PM +0200, Didier Spaier wrote: >> Le 08/04/2021 à 21:28, Didier Spaier a écrit : >>> I am fine with shipping GRUB up to some comm

Re: GRUB 2.06 released

2021-06-08 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 08/06/2021 à 19:36, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : Hi Daniel! On 6/8/21 7:34 PM, Daniel Kiper wrote: GRUB maintainers are proud to announce GRUB 2.06 that has been just released. You can find list of new features and major fixes since release 2.04 in the NEWS file. Congratulations. I'

Re: [PATCH v2] i386-pc: build verifiers API as module

2021-08-22 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 22/08/2021 à 21:50, Michael Schierl a écrit : On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 22:23:39 +0100, Colin Watson wrote: I have on my to-do list an item to add something to the Debian release notes about this, since that's a way to reach less-engaged users who won't read the GRUB manual or mailing lists.  That

Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mkconfig: use distro sorts when available

2022-01-20 Thread Didier Spaier
Hi Robbie and All, Do i understand correctly that this will not change anything for distributions (like Slint, based on Slackware, that I maintain) that are neither Debian-likes nor Fedora-likes? Cheers, Didier Le 20/01/2022 à 17:45, Robbie Harwood a écrit : > For Debian-likes and Fedora-likes,

Re: [PATCH 0/5] Automatic TPM Disk Unlock

2022-01-24 Thread Didier Spaier
laying its menu (without using LVM as we store a LUKS key in the initramfs). The main purpose is to forbid access to the system when the machine is powered off, for instance in case of a laptop stolen during a travel. Would the feature you describe possibly allow to circumvent this protectio

Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Automatic TPM Disk Unlock

2022-02-01 Thread Didier Spaier
y allow to circumvent this protection? Thanks, Didier -- Didier Spaier Slint maintainer Le 01/02/2022 à 14:02, Hernan Gatta a écrit : > Updates since v1: > > 1. One key can unlock multiple disks: >It is now possible to use key protectors with cryptomount's -a and -b >

Re: Automatically detecting empty configuration variables

2022-10-04 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 04/10/2022 à 13:28, Alberto Salvia Novella a écrit : > Greetings boyos! > > I have developed a grub configuration file that, instead of asking the user > manually setting all the grub variables, it figures them out by itself > automatically. > > The file looks like this: > https://pastebin.com

Re: [RFC PATCH] kern/dl: Add module version check

2022-12-21 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 21/12/2022 à 09:43, Thomas Schmitt a écrit : > I think that in any case an ISO made by grub-mkrescue should be tested. > Maybe a distro developer is here who uses it for making a full fledged > installation ISO or a live ISO. I do for making a full fledged installation ISO in this function, wit

Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] loongarch: add relaxation support

2023-06-13 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 12/06/2023 à 15:29, Daniel Kiper a écrit : > I am going to do code freeze this week... Will the Argon2i and Argon2id key derival functions be supported in the new release? I have not be able to find a commit about that, maybe I missed it? ___ Grub-d

Re: [PATCH] util/grub.d/10_linux.in: Ignore kernel if initrd required but

2024-02-13 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 2/13/24 à 10:42, TJ a écrit : > I have recently seen several bugs on Debian and Ubuntu whereby when a > new kernel package is installed the host uses DKMS to build a module and > that build fails (often the case with nvidia, but can also affect > others, e.g. jool).The kernel install scripts s

Re: [PATCH v1 14/15] grub-install: install on EFI if forced

2024-11-05 Thread Didier Spaier via Grub-devel
On 11/4/24 02:08, Neal Gompa wrote: > On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 3:43 PM Leo Sandoval wrote: >> >> From: Marta Lewandowska >> >> UEFI Secure Boot requires signed grub binaries to work, so grub- >> install should not be used. However, users who have Secure Boot >> disabled and wish to use the command

Re: [SECURITY PATCH 00/73] GRUB2 vulnerabilities - 2025/02/18

2025-02-18 Thread Didier Spaier via Grub-devel
Hi Daniel and all, sorry for top posting but this is a question and a request, not a comment. maintaining a distribution alone I can't afford to carry as many patches as Debian, so: could please mention the commit to which checkout when all these patches will be applied upstream? Thanks in advan

Re: [SECURITY PATCH 00/73] GRUB2 vulnerabilities - 2025/02/18

2025-02-19 Thread Didier Spaier via Grub-devel
Hi, On 19/02/2025 12:03, Daniel Kiper via Grub-devel wrote: > Hi Didier, > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 07:33:03PM +0000, Didier Spaier wrote: >> Hi Daniel and all, >> >> sorry for top posting but this is a question and a request, not a comment. >> >> maintain

Re: [RFC] Rust in GRUB

2025-03-22 Thread Didier Spaier via Grub-devel
On 22/03/2025 09:42, Maxim Fomin wrote: > On Friday, March 21st, 2025 at 8:51 PM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko > wrote: > >> Hello, I was playing with adding Rust embedded in GRUB. I’ve pushed results >> to 2 repos: >> Module goes to https://github.com/phcoder/grub-rust-hello/tree/master >> Ch