** Description changed: - Many Ubuntu Core customers require a boot sequence that displays a + [ Impact ] + + * Many Ubuntu Core customers require a boot sequence that displays a custom splash image up until ubuntu-frame loads. Unfortunately, GRUB - often (if not always) interrupts this process, printing two "/EndEntire" - messages to the display. Ideally, this should be able to be suppressed - via configuration, at least on devices running Ubuntu Core, as it likely - desirable behavior on Classic systems. + interrupts this process, printing two "/EndEntire" messages to the + display. + + * Ideally, this should be able to be suppressed via configuration, at + least on devices running Ubuntu Core, as it likely desirable behavior on + Classic systems. + + * The message only happens with Ubuntu Core, because Ubuntu Core is + using chainloader of GRUB to load the kernel EFI image. + + + [ Test Plan ] + + * Boot a Ubuntu Core image on an AMD64 device with UEFI support + + * During the boot process, check if the console shows "/EndEntire" and + "file path: /ACPI..." + + + [ Where problems could occur ] + + * Removing or suppressing the messages would not cause any reggression. + + * By checking the code, the messages are only for debug purpose. So + removing the messages doesn't change any logic or flow in GRUB. + + * When the messages are removed, the boot process should be a little + faster than before. If there's a device/peripheral needs more time for + initialization, it could be a problem for the following boot process. + However, this situation is not controllable by GRUB. + + [ Other Info ] + + * None
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