From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1YlKZc-0000uF-9j for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:06:00 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41726) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YlKZW-0000lr-QN for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:05:58 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YlKZT-0002Xt-GW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:05:54 -0400 Received: from mail-pd0-x235.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c02::235]:34525) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YlKZT-0002XF-7N for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:05:51 -0400 Received: by pdbqa5 with SMTP id qa5so23504718pdb.1 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:05:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cumulusnetworks.com; s=google; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=V3bfBorH+6RCz9KhJ4mrQ0Ph6Am/M9FPvyqEVU29uSk=; b=Qxp9nvwx/Ehb/qWDtwhRALtb7cjlGh1XMI3z/Q87eUiSPfbrJZLRAMKOQWEBr/U7Kp 09xMJqpQPkMHhz7qef+lTiCA0p3aSSxkbKopz1k3Og6vw60FbTWURgC1RRGBNxokZvT9 UJ11SFlhI3FHFNsnuNxPqHnwO5aXYxhlPgUK0= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=V3bfBorH+6RCz9KhJ4mrQ0Ph6Am/M9FPvyqEVU29uSk=; b=BJBzVgRySaZ9KGYp6bXSKO+kQQSe0vF5hPhhgconhcM0KHK1cLL8XJn5tj7jhbiOZe qmAwMcPxe+ayNl4u5pImL/cw9RYD18RPRM6JP9qgiRlNvp1oBNSFZ7eQhHpP23P0MgG+ JGdwuYobYOe+cMixlmwdQk4+buMzvwe6x5NPQ68Ltv+zsE76hFU7RmzWuCKM9St0JBjK IsEMXMJI4wq4+0xe7pRBwHYYtsxv/LU7appGAwlmjs+bHRheZznHqZ40/oC5TdnzR5Ss MGwU0FTty4S6vW/aJMQAj31U3DOvWgbKPa2jzTpaXk+sKhQCI4n42VmfXuU3VrnG9mDR a3xQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQksr2N9+ErGWri2P9hOcXmGAlWJlz2aUpSPgKXFsBVUtn4CnkqK9ExJ5yDSAxaLQqsVIjgd X-Received: by 10.67.8.98 with SMTP id dj2mr7003668pad.79.1429808749380; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:05:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from higgs ([216.129.126.126]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id q4sm8651094pdo.42.2015.04.23.10.05.47 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:05:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from higgs.cumulusnetworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by higgs (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-4.1ubuntu1) with ESMTP id t3NH59h8025378 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:05:09 -0700 Received: (from curt@localhost) by higgs.cumulusnetworks.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id t3NH5906025377 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:05:09 -0700 Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:05:09 -0700 From: Curt Brune To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: Re: passing options to grub in xen,openfirmware and efi Message-ID: <20150423170509.GA24317@cumulusnetworks.com> References: <20150423080306.GA15265@aepfle.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150423080306.GA15265@aepfle.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c02::235 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 17:05:58 -0000 Hello, This is a very interesting topic. On Thu Apr 23 10:03, Olaf Hering wrote: > > Is there a way to pass options to grub in a Xen PV domU, in openfirmware > and in EFI environment? > > In a PV domU arguments can be passed to the specified > kernel="/path/file" with the extra="what ever" option. > In openfirmware the arguments may come from the /boot/chosen node. > In EFI it may be possible as well, not my area of expertise. I am particularly curious about the EFI part of Olaf's question. Is there anyway to pass arguments to GRUB via EFI variables or other bits of data in the Boot#### load option variable? Cheers, Curt