From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
To: Shea Levy <shea-yfkUTty7RcRWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
"linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org"
<linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List
<linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: Revisiting EFI boot stub config file support
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 17:54:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130102175423.GA2881@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DA0AD0B-49D1-4938-B38D-A15C378167B0-yfkUTty7RcRWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 12:52:21PM -0500, Shea Levy wrote:
> But you can't set args when booting from external media (using e.g.
> \boot\efi\bootx64.efi), at least not on any system I've seen. And even
> if you could, that'd over complicate the install process for new
> users.
So have an initial wrapper that launches the kernel and passes an
argument. You're going to need something equivalent if you want to
support Secure Boot.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org
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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Shea Levy <shea@shealevy.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
"linux-efi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-efi@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Revisiting EFI boot stub config file support
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 17:54:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130102175423.GA2881@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DA0AD0B-49D1-4938-B38D-A15C378167B0@shealevy.com>
On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 12:52:21PM -0500, Shea Levy wrote:
> But you can't set args when booting from external media (using e.g.
> \boot\efi\bootx64.efi), at least not on any system I've seen. And even
> if you could, that'd over complicate the install process for new
> users.
So have an initial wrapper that launches the kernel and passes an
argument. You're going to need something equivalent if you want to
support Secure Boot.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-02 17:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-01 15:55 Revisiting EFI boot stub config file support Shea Levy
[not found] ` <50E306FB.6080607-yfkUTty7RcRWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-01 17:24 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-01 17:24 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <50E31BB4.7040702-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-02 13:26 ` Shea Levy
2013-01-02 13:26 ` Shea Levy
[not found] ` <710F73BE-9F65-48C9-8739-BFCF097F4B07-yfkUTty7RcRWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-02 17:43 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-01-02 17:43 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130102174319.GA2590-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-02 17:52 ` Shea Levy
2013-01-02 17:52 ` Shea Levy
[not found] ` <4DA0AD0B-49D1-4938-B38D-A15C378167B0-yfkUTty7RcRWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-02 17:54 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2013-01-02 17:54 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-01-02 17:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
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