On 5/2/25 16:49, Simon Glass wrote:
Hi Heinrich,
On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 at 10:26, Heinrich Schuchardt
<heinrich.schucha...@canonical.com> wrote:
The boot method is deprecated as the EFI boot manager covers this
functionality.
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schucha...@canonical.com>
---
boot/Kconfig | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/boot/Kconfig b/boot/Kconfig
index 71ddb37f6bb..b973d9eb0a7 100644
--- a/boot/Kconfig
+++ b/boot/Kconfig
@@ -595,7 +595,6 @@ config BOOTMETH_EFILOADER
bool "Bootdev support for EFI boot"
depends on EFI_BINARY_EXEC
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This bootmeth is obsolete.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 not boot option matches.
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2.48.1
As mentioned on the other patch, we need to keep this enabled and it
isn't obsolete.
Regards,
Simon
Please, read the UEFI specification especially chapter 3 "Boot Manager".
* The functionality is fully covered by the boot manager.
* The current implementation of the method does not comply with the UEFI
specification. Especially if run before the boot manager.
Best regards
Heinrich
