Hi Heinrich, On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 at 03:43, Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schucha...@canonical.com> wrote: > > 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 BOOTMETH_EFILOADER is obsolete.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 + This bootmeth is obsolete.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 >
I don't want to make this bootmeth obsolete. What is the motivation for that? Regards, Simon
