Distros expect the EFI boot manager to run. It falls back to launching
EFI\BOOT\BOOT<ARCH>.EFI from the ESP.
BOOTMETH_EFILOADER is obsolete.
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schucha...@canonical.com>
---
boot/Kconfig | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/boot/Kconfig b/boot/Kconfig
index fb37d912bc9..89076220adb 100644
--- a/boot/Kconfig
+++ b/boot/Kconfig
@@ -597,6 +597,9 @@ config BOOTMETH_EFILOADER
imply CMD_TFTPBOOT if CMD_NET
default y
help
+ This bootmeth is obsolete. BOOTMETH_EFI_BOOTMGR takes care of
+ launching EFI\BOOT\BOOT<ARCH>.EFI if no boot option matches.
+
Enables support for EFI boot using bootdevs. This makes the
bootdevs look for a 'boot<arch>.efi' on each filesystem
they scan. The resulting file is booted after enabling U-Boot's
@@ -648,7 +651,7 @@ config BOOTMETH_DISTRO
select BOOTMETH_SCRIPT if CMDLINE # E.g. Armbian uses scripts
select BOOTMETH_EXTLINUX # E.g. Debian uses these
select BOOTMETH_EXTLINUX_PXE if CMD_PXE && CMD_NET && DM_ETH
- select BOOTMETH_EFILOADER if EFI_BINARY_EXEC # E.g. Ubuntu uses this
+ select BOOTMETH_EFI_BOOTMGR if EFI_BINARY_EXEC # E.g. Ubuntu uses this
config SPL_BOOTMETH_VBE
bool "Bootdev support for Verified Boot for Embedded (SPL)"
--
2.48.1
