* [PATCH] Improve EFI grub-install to handle non-Apple systems
@ 2010-07-12 11:52 Colin Watson
2010-07-12 21:40 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Colin Watson @ 2010-07-12 11:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: grub-devel
At the moment, the EFI grub-install script only handles Apple Mac
systems. This patch adds support for systems that conform to the UEFI
specification, while retaining support for Apple systems.
I couldn't find anything approaching a standard for where the EFI System
Partition should be mounted, so I chose to look for it in /boot/efi,
since I don't like creating new top-level directories. If there's a
different convention then I'd be happy to add support for it.
Vladimir asked whether I could merge util/i386/efi/grub-install.in into
util/grub-install.in at the same time. This is of course desirable but
I haven't got round to it yet, and I didn't want to stall this patch
indefinitely until I find time for that.
2010-07-12 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
* util/i386/efi/grub-install.in: Add support for systems that
conform to the UEFI specification, as well as Apple systems.
Currently looks for the EFI System Partition on /boot/efi.
=== modified file 'util/i386/efi/grub-install.in'
--- util/i386/efi/grub-install.in 2010-07-04 12:23:55 +0000
+++ util/i386/efi/grub-install.in 2010-07-12 11:43:20 +0000
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
sbindir=@sbindir@
bindir=@bindir@
libdir=@libdir@
+sysconfdir=@sysconfdir@
PACKAGE_NAME=@PACKAGE_NAME@
PACKAGE_TARNAME=@PACKAGE_TARNAME@
PACKAGE_VERSION=@PACKAGE_VERSION@
@@ -43,10 +44,14 @@ rootdir=
grub_prefix=`echo /boot/grub | sed ${transform}`
modules=
+efibootmgr=`which efibootmgr 2>/dev/null || true`
+
no_floppy=
force_lba=
recheck=no
+removable=no
debug=no
+efi_quiet=
# Usage: usage
# Print the usage.
@@ -65,6 +70,7 @@ Install GRUB on your EFI partition.
--grub-probe=FILE use FILE as grub-probe
--no-floppy do not probe any floppy drive
--recheck probe a device map even if it already exists
+ --removable the installation device is removable
$self copies GRUB images into the DIR/boot directory specified by
--root-directory.
@@ -127,9 +133,14 @@ do
no_floppy="--no-floppy" ;;
--recheck)
recheck=yes ;;
+ --removable)
+ removable=yes ;;
# This is an undocumented feature...
--debug)
debug=yes ;;
+ # Intentionally undocumented; for compatibility only.
+ -f | --force)
+ ;;
*)
echo "Unrecognized option \`$option'" 1>&2
usage
@@ -138,9 +149,13 @@ do
esac
done
+# for make_system_path_relative_to_its_root()
+. ${libdir}/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib
+
# If the debugging feature is enabled, print commands.
if test $debug = yes; then
set -x
+ efi_quiet=-q
fi
# Initialize these directories here, since ROOTDIR was initialized.
@@ -177,6 +192,106 @@ else
exit 1
fi
+# Get GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR.
+if test -f ${sysconfdir}/default/grub ; then
+ . ${sysconfdir}/default/grub
+fi
+
+# Find the EFI System Partition.
+efidir=
+if test -d ${bootdir}/efi; then
+ install_device=`$grub_mkdevicemap --device-map=/dev/stdout | $grub_probe --target=device --device-map=/dev/stdin ${bootdir}/efi`
+ # Is it a mount point?
+ if test "x$install_device" != "x`$grub_mkdevicemap --device-map=/dev/stdout | $grub_probe --target=device --device-map=/dev/stdin ${bootdir}`"; then
+ efidir=${bootdir}/efi
+ fi
+elif test -n "$rootdir" && test "x$rootdir" != "x/"; then
+ # The EFI System Partition may have been given directly using
+ # --root-directory.
+ install_device=`$grub_mkdevicemap --device-map=/dev/stdout | $grub_probe --target=device --device-map=/dev/stdin ${rootdir}`
+ # Is it a mount point?
+ if test "x$install_device" != "x`$grub_mkdevicemap --device-map=/dev/stdout | $grub_probe --target=device --device-map=/dev/stdin ${rootdir}/..`"; then
+ efidir=${rootdir}
+ fi
+fi
+
+if test -n "$efidir"; then
+ efi_fs=`$grub_probe --target=fs --device-map=${device_map} ${efidir}`
+ if test "x$efi_fs" = xfat; then :; else
+ echo "${efidir} doesn't look like an EFI partition." 1>&2
+ efidir=
+ fi
+fi
+
+if test -n "$efidir"; then
+ # The EFI specification requires that an EFI System Partition must
+ # contain an "EFI" subdirectory, and that OS loaders are stored in
+ # subdirectories below EFI. Vendors are expected to pick names that do
+ # not collide with other vendors. To minimise collisions, we use the
+ # name of our distributor if possible.
+ if test $removable = yes; then
+ # The specification makes stricter requirements of removable
+ # devices, in order that only one image can be automatically loaded
+ # from them. The image must always reside under /EFI/BOOT, and it
+ # must have a specific file name depending on the architecture.
+ efi_distributor=BOOT
+ case "$target_cpu" in
+ i386)
+ efi_file=BOOTIA32.EFI
+ ;;
+ x86-64)
+ efi_file=BOOTX64.EFI
+ ;;
+ # GRUB does not yet support these architectures, but they're defined
+ # by the specification so we include them here to ease future
+ # expansion.
+ ia64)
+ efi_file=BOOTIA64.EFI
+ ;;
+ arm)
+ efi_file=BOOTARM.EFI
+ ;;
+ esac
+ else
+ efi_distributor="$(echo "$GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR" | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | cut -d' ' -f1)"
+ if test -z "$efi_distributor"; then
+ efi_distributor=grub
+ fi
+ # It is convenient for each architecture to have a different
+ # efi_file, so that different versions can be installed in parallel.
+ case "$target_cpu" in
+ i386)
+ efi_file=grubia32.efi
+ ;;
+ x86-64)
+ efi_file=grubx64.efi
+ ;;
+ # GRUB does not yet support these architectures, but they're defined
+ # by the specification so we include them here to ease future
+ # expansion.
+ ia64)
+ efi_file=grubia64.efi
+ ;;
+ arm)
+ efi_file=grubarm.efi
+ ;;
+ *)
+ efi_file=grub.efi
+ ;;
+ esac
+ # TODO: We should also use efibootmgr, if available, to add a Boot
+ # entry for ourselves.
+ fi
+ efidir="$efidir/EFI/$efi_distributor"
+ mkdir -p "$efidir" || exit 1
+else
+ # We don't know what's going on. Fall back to traditional
+ # (non-specification-compliant) behaviour.
+ efidir="$grubdir"
+ efi_distributor=
+ efi_file=grub.efi
+fi
+
# Create the GRUB directory if it is not present.
mkdir -p "$grubdir" || exit 1
@@ -221,13 +336,16 @@ for dir in ${localedir}/*; do
fi
done
+# Write device to a variable so we don't have to traverse /dev every time.
+grub_device=`$grub_probe --target=device --device-map=${device_map} ${grubdir}` || exit 1
+
if ! test -f ${grubdir}/grubenv; then
$grub_editenv ${grubdir}/grubenv create
fi
# Create the core image. First, auto-detect the filesystem module.
-fs_module=`$grub_probe --target=fs --device-map=${device_map} ${grubdir}`
-if test "x$fs_module" = xfat; then :; else
+fs_module=`$grub_probe --target=fs --device-map=${device_map} --device ${grub_device}`
+if test "$efidir" != "$grubdir" || test "x$fs_module" = xfat; then :; else
echo "${grubdir} doesn't look like an EFI partition." 1>&2
exit 1
fi
@@ -236,17 +354,86 @@ fi
# this command is allowed to fail (--target=fs already grants us that the
# filesystem will be accessible).
partmap_module=
-for x in `$grub_probe --target=partmap --device-map=${device_map} ${grubdir} 2> /dev/null`; do
+for x in `$grub_probe --target=partmap --device-map=${device_map} --device ${grub_device} 2> /dev/null`; do
partmap_module="$partmap_module part_$x";
done
# Device abstraction module, if any (lvm, raid).
-devabstraction_module=`$grub_probe --target=abstraction --device-map=${device_map} ${grubdir}`
+devabstraction_module=`$grub_probe --target=abstraction --device-map=${device_map} --device ${grub_device}`
# The order in this list is critical. Be careful when modifying it.
modules="$modules $fs_module $partmap_module $devabstraction_module"
-$grub_mkimage -O ${target_cpu}-efi --output=${grubdir}/grub.efi $modules || exit 1
+relative_grubdir=`make_system_path_relative_to_its_root ${grubdir}` || exit 1
+if [ "x${relative_grubdir}" = "x" ] ; then
+ relative_grubdir=/
+fi
+
+prefix_drive=
+config_opt=
+
+if [ "x${devabstraction_module}" = "x" ] ; then
+ if [ x"${install_device}" != x ]; then
+ if echo "${install_device}" | grep -qx "(.*)" ; then
+ install_drive="${install_device}"
+ else
+ install_drive="`$grub_probe --target=drive --device-map=${device_map} --device ${install_device}`" || exit 1
+ fi
+ install_drive="`echo ${install_drive} | sed -e s/,[a-z0-9,]*//g`"
+ fi
+ grub_drive="`$grub_probe --target=drive --device-map=${device_map} --device ${grub_device}`" || exit 1
+
+ # Strip partition number
+ grub_drive="`echo ${grub_drive} | sed -e s/,[a-z0-9,]*//g`"
+ if [ "x${grub_drive}" != "x${install_drive}" ] ; then
+ uuid="`$grub_probe --target=fs_uuid --device ${grub_device}`"
+ if [ "x${uuid}" = "x" ] ; then
+ echo "You attempted a cross-disk install, but the filesystem containing ${grubdir} does not support UUIDs." 1>&2
+ exit 1
+ fi
+ echo "search.fs_uuid ${uuid} root " > ${grubdir}/load.cfg
+ echo 'set prefix=($root)'"${relative_grubdir}" >> ${grubdir}/load.cfg
+ config_opt="-c ${grubdir}/load.cfg "
+ modules="$modules search_fs_uuid"
+ fi
+else
+ prefix_drive=`$grub_probe --target=drive --device ${grub_device}` || exit 1
+fi
+
+$grub_mkimage ${config_opt} -O ${target_cpu}-efi --output=${efidir}/${efi_file} --prefix=${prefix_drive}${relative_grubdir} $modules || exit 1
+
+# Try to make this image bootable using the EFI Boot Manager, if available.
+if test "$removable" = no && test -n "$efi_distributor" && \
+ test -n "$efibootmgr"; then
+ # On Linux, we need the efivars kernel modules.
+ case "$host_os" in
+ linux*)
+ modprobe -q efivars 2>/dev/null || true
+ ;;
+ esac
+
+ # Delete old entries from the same distributor.
+ for bootnum in `efibootmgr | grep '^Boot[0-9]' | \
+ fgrep " $efi_distributor" | cut -b5-8`; do
+ efibootmgr $efi_quiet -b "$bootnum" -B
+ done
+
+ # Add a new entry for the image we just created. efibootmgr needs to be
+ # given the disk device and partition number separately, so we have to
+ # fiddle about with grub-probe to get hold of this reasonably reliably.
+ # Use fresh device map text to avoid any problems with stale data, since
+ # all we need here is a one-to-one mapping.
+ clean_devmap="$($grub_mkdevicemap --device-map=/dev/stdout)"
+ efidir_drive="$(echo "$clean_devmap" | $grub_probe --target=drive --device-map=/dev/stdin "$efidir")"
+ if test -z "$efidir_drive"; then
+ echo "Can't find GRUB drive for $efidir; unable to create EFI Boot Manager entry." >&2
+ else
+ efidir_disk="$(echo "$clean_devmap" | grep "^$(echo "$efidir_drive" | sed 's/,[^)]*//')" | cut -f2)"
+ efidir_part="$(echo "$efidir_drive" | sed 's/^([^,]*,[^0-9]*//; s/[^0-9].*//')"
+ efibootmgr $efi_quiet -c -d "$efidir_disk" -p "$efidir_part" -w \
+ -L "$GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR" -l "\\EFI\\$efi_distributor\\$efi_file"
+ fi
+fi
# Prompt the user to check if the device map is correct.
echo "Installation finished. No error reported."
Thanks,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@ubuntu.com]
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* Re: [PATCH] Improve EFI grub-install to handle non-Apple systems
2010-07-12 11:52 [PATCH] Improve EFI grub-install to handle non-Apple systems Colin Watson
@ 2010-07-12 21:40 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2010-07-12 21:53 ` Dmitrijs Ledkovs
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko @ 2010-07-12 21:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: grub-devel
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On 07/12/2010 01:52 PM, Colin Watson wrote:
> At the moment, the EFI grub-install script only handles Apple Mac
> systems. This patch adds support for systems that conform to the UEFI
> specification, while retaining support for Apple systems.
>
>
Apple systems seem to support generic way too. So if this way is
properly tested on different Apple systems we should switch to generic
way altogether.
> I couldn't find anything approaching a standard for where the EFI System
> Partition should be mounted, so I chose to look for it in /boot/efi,
> since I don't like creating new top-level directories. If there's a
> different convention then I'd be happy to add support for it.
>
>
Where to mount X or Y depends on distribution. I'm happy to support
whatever you feel is right. This will probably set a precedent and other
distros will follow.
> Vladimir asked whether I could merge util/i386/efi/grub-install.in into
> util/grub-install.in at the same time. This is of course desirable but
> I haven't got round to it yet, and I didn't want to stall this patch
> indefinitely until I find time for that.
>
> 2010-07-12 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
>
> * util/i386/efi/grub-install.in: Add support for systems that
> conform to the UEFI specification, as well as Apple systems.
> Currently looks for the EFI System Partition on /boot/efi.
>
> === modified file 'util/i386/efi/grub-install.in'
> --- util/i386/efi/grub-install.in 2010-07-04 12:23:55 +0000
> +++ util/i386/efi/grub-install.in 2010-07-12 11:43:20 +0000
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
> sbindir=@sbindir@
> bindir=@bindir@
> libdir=@libdir@
> +sysconfdir=@sysconfdir@
> PACKAGE_NAME=@PACKAGE_NAME@
> PACKAGE_TARNAME=@PACKAGE_TARNAME@
> PACKAGE_VERSION=@PACKAGE_VERSION@
> @@ -43,10 +44,14 @@ rootdir=
> grub_prefix=`echo /boot/grub | sed ${transform}`
> modules=
>
> +efibootmgr=`which efibootmgr 2>/dev/null || true`
> +
> no_floppy=
> force_lba=
> recheck=no
> +removable=no
> debug=no
> +efi_quiet=
>
> # Usage: usage
> # Print the usage.
> @@ -65,6 +70,7 @@ Install GRUB on your EFI partition.
> --grub-probe=FILE use FILE as grub-probe
> --no-floppy do not probe any floppy drive
> --recheck probe a device map even if it already exists
> + --removable the installation device is removable
>
> $self copies GRUB images into the DIR/boot directory specified by
> --root-directory.
> @@ -127,9 +133,14 @@ do
> no_floppy="--no-floppy" ;;
> --recheck)
> recheck=yes ;;
> + --removable)
> + removable=yes ;;
> # This is an undocumented feature...
> --debug)
> debug=yes ;;
> + # Intentionally undocumented; for compatibility only.
> + -f | --force)
> + ;;
> *)
> echo "Unrecognized option \`$option'" 1>&2
> usage
> @@ -138,9 +149,13 @@ do
> esac
> done
>
> +# for make_system_path_relative_to_its_root()
> +. ${libdir}/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib
> +
> # If the debugging feature is enabled, print commands.
> if test $debug = yes; then
> set -x
> + efi_quiet=-q
> fi
>
> # Initialize these directories here, since ROOTDIR was initialized.
> @@ -177,6 +192,106 @@ else
> exit 1
> fi
>
> +# Get GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR.
> +if test -f ${sysconfdir}/default/grub ; then
> + . ${sysconfdir}/default/grub
> +fi
> +
> +# Find the EFI System Partition.
> +efidir=
> +if test -d ${bootdir}/efi; then
> + install_device=`$grub_mkdevicemap --device-map=/dev/stdout | $grub_probe --target=device --device-map=/dev/stdin ${bootdir}/efi`
> + # Is it a mount point?
> + if test "x$install_device" != "x`$grub_mkdevicemap --device-map=/dev/stdout | $grub_probe --target=device --device-map=/dev/stdin ${bootdir}`"; then
> + efidir=${bootdir}/efi
> + fi
> +elif test -n "$rootdir" && test "x$rootdir" != "x/"; then
> + # The EFI System Partition may have been given directly using
> + # --root-directory.
> + install_device=`$grub_mkdevicemap --device-map=/dev/stdout | $grub_probe --target=device --device-map=/dev/stdin ${rootdir}`
> + # Is it a mount point?
> + if test "x$install_device" != "x`$grub_mkdevicemap --device-map=/dev/stdout | $grub_probe --target=device --device-map=/dev/stdin ${rootdir}/..`"; then
> + efidir=${rootdir}
> + fi
> +fi
> +
>
This seems to change the meaning of --root-directory. Perhaps another
option would be better?
> +if test -n "$efidir"; then
> + efi_fs=`$grub_probe --target=fs --device-map=${device_map} ${efidir}`
> + if test "x$efi_fs" = xfat; then :; else
> + echo "${efidir} doesn't look like an EFI partition." 1>&2
> + efidir=
> + fi
> +fi
> +
> +if test -n "$efidir"; then
> + # The EFI specification requires that an EFI System Partition must
> + # contain an "EFI" subdirectory, and that OS loaders are stored in
> + # subdirectories below EFI. Vendors are expected to pick names that do
> + # not collide with other vendors. To minimise collisions, we use the
> + # name of our distributor if possible.
>
I'm not sure how well this is implemented in a real world. We may need
to change that to
efi_distributor=BOOT
If real implementations don't work as well as expected
> + if test $removable = yes; then
> + # The specification makes stricter requirements of removable
> + # devices, in order that only one image can be automatically loaded
> + # from them. The image must always reside under /EFI/BOOT, and it
> + # must have a specific file name depending on the architecture.
> + efi_distributor=BOOT
> + case "$target_cpu" in
> + i386)
> + efi_file=BOOTIA32.EFI
> + ;;
> + x86-64)
> + efi_file=BOOTX64.EFI
> + ;;
> + # GRUB does not yet support these architectures, but they're defined
> + # by the specification so we include them here to ease future
> + # expansion.
> + ia64)
> + efi_file=BOOTIA64.EFI
> + ;;
> + arm)
> + efi_file=BOOTARM.EFI
> + ;;
> + esac
> + else
> + efi_distributor="$(echo "$GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR" | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | cut -d' ' -f1)"
>
Perhaps we need a check that name contains no non-ASCII characters. EFI
is supposed to support unicode but some parts of its spec contradict
Unicode.
> +# Try to make this image bootable using the EFI Boot Manager, if available.
> +if test "$removable" = no && test -n "$efi_distributor" && \
> + test -n "$efibootmgr"; then
> + # On Linux, we need the efivars kernel modules.
> + case "$host_os" in
> + linux*)
> + modprobe -q efivars 2>/dev/null || true
> + ;;
> + esac
> +
>
What about using efi_distributor=boot if efivars fails to load? Many
people have a mismatchin Linux and EFI and so use "noefi" on command
line. Or "noefi" is there for some other reason.
> + # Delete old entries from the same distributor.
> + for bootnum in `efibootmgr | grep '^Boot[0-9]' | \
> + fgrep " $efi_distributor" | cut -b5-8`; do
> + efibootmgr $efi_quiet -b "$bootnum" -B
> + done
> +
>
This would conflict with installing both ia32 and x64 because second
install will erase first one.
Sane way may be to use efibootmgr only if installed version matches
current EFI.
--
Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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* Re: [PATCH] Improve EFI grub-install to handle non-Apple systems
2010-07-12 21:40 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
@ 2010-07-12 21:53 ` Dmitrijs Ledkovs
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Dmitrijs Ledkovs @ 2010-07-12 21:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The development of GNU GRUB
2010/7/12 Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>:
> On 07/12/2010 01:52 PM, Colin Watson wrote:
>> At the moment, the EFI grub-install script only handles Apple Mac
>> systems. This patch adds support for systems that conform to the UEFI
>> specification, while retaining support for Apple systems.
>>
>>
> Apple systems seem to support generic way too. So if this way is
> properly tested on different Apple systems we should switch to generic
> way altogether.
During firmware upgrade apple does use /efi/apple (where efi is system
efi root partition)
>> I couldn't find anything approaching a standard for where the EFI System
>> Partition should be mounted, so I chose to look for it in /boot/efi,
>> since I don't like creating new top-level directories. If there's a
>> different convention then I'd be happy to add support for it.
>>
>>
> Where to mount X or Y depends on distribution. I'm happy to support
> whatever you feel is right. This will probably set a precedent and other
> distros will follow.
Is there intent to support grub on the system efi partition as in:
/efi/grub or /efi/fsf where /efi is system efi fat partition?
Also see http://www.uefi.org/specs/esp_registry where redhat, suse,
dell and ibm among others have already reserved well-known directories
on the efi partition.
>> Vladimir asked whether I could merge util/i386/efi/grub-install.in into
>> util/grub-install.in at the same time. This is of course desirable but
>> I haven't got round to it yet, and I didn't want to stall this patch
>> indefinitely until I find time for that.
>>
>> 2010-07-12 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
>>
>> * util/i386/efi/grub-install.in: Add support for systems that
>> conform to the UEFI specification, as well as Apple systems.
>> Currently looks for the EFI System Partition on /boot/efi.
>>
>> === modified file 'util/i386/efi/grub-install.in'
>> --- util/i386/efi/grub-install.in 2010-07-04 12:23:55 +0000
>> +++ util/i386/efi/grub-install.in 2010-07-12 11:43:20 +0000
>> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
>> sbindir=@sbindir@
>> bindir=@bindir@
>> libdir=@libdir@
>> +sysconfdir=@sysconfdir@
>> PACKAGE_NAME=@PACKAGE_NAME@
>> PACKAGE_TARNAME=@PACKAGE_TARNAME@
>> PACKAGE_VERSION=@PACKAGE_VERSION@
>> @@ -43,10 +44,14 @@ rootdir=
>> grub_prefix=`echo /boot/grub | sed ${transform}`
>> modules=
>>
>> +efibootmgr=`which efibootmgr 2>/dev/null || true`
>> +
>> no_floppy=
>> force_lba=
>> recheck=no
>> +removable=no
>> debug=no
>> +efi_quiet=
>>
>> # Usage: usage
>> # Print the usage.
>> @@ -65,6 +70,7 @@ Install GRUB on your EFI partition.
>> --grub-probe=FILE use FILE as grub-probe
>> --no-floppy do not probe any floppy drive
>> --recheck probe a device map even if it already exists
>> + --removable the installation device is removable
>>
>> $self copies GRUB images into the DIR/boot directory specified by
>> --root-directory.
>> @@ -127,9 +133,14 @@ do
>> no_floppy="--no-floppy" ;;
>> --recheck)
>> recheck=yes ;;
>> + --removable)
>> + removable=yes ;;
>> # This is an undocumented feature...
>> --debug)
>> debug=yes ;;
>> + # Intentionally undocumented; for compatibility only.
>> + -f | --force)
>> + ;;
>> *)
>> echo "Unrecognized option \`$option'" 1>&2
>> usage
>> @@ -138,9 +149,13 @@ do
>> esac
>> done
>>
>> +# for make_system_path_relative_to_its_root()
>> +. ${libdir}/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib
>> +
>> # If the debugging feature is enabled, print commands.
>> if test $debug = yes; then
>> set -x
>> + efi_quiet=-q
>> fi
>>
>> # Initialize these directories here, since ROOTDIR was initialized.
>> @@ -177,6 +192,106 @@ else
>> exit 1
>> fi
>>
>> +# Get GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR.
>> +if test -f ${sysconfdir}/default/grub ; then
>> + . ${sysconfdir}/default/grub
>> +fi
>> +
>> +# Find the EFI System Partition.
>> +efidir=
>> +if test -d ${bootdir}/efi; then
>> + install_device=`$grub_mkdevicemap --device-map=/dev/stdout | $grub_probe --target=device --device-map=/dev/stdin ${bootdir}/efi`
>> + # Is it a mount point?
>> + if test "x$install_device" != "x`$grub_mkdevicemap --device-map=/dev/stdout | $grub_probe --target=device --device-map=/dev/stdin ${bootdir}`"; then
>> + efidir=${bootdir}/efi
>> + fi
>> +elif test -n "$rootdir" && test "x$rootdir" != "x/"; then
>> + # The EFI System Partition may have been given directly using
>> + # --root-directory.
>> + install_device=`$grub_mkdevicemap --device-map=/dev/stdout | $grub_probe --target=device --device-map=/dev/stdin ${rootdir}`
>> + # Is it a mount point?
>> + if test "x$install_device" != "x`$grub_mkdevicemap --device-map=/dev/stdout | $grub_probe --target=device --device-map=/dev/stdin ${rootdir}/..`"; then
>> + efidir=${rootdir}
>> + fi
>> +fi
>> +
>>
> This seems to change the meaning of --root-directory. Perhaps another
> option would be better?
>> +if test -n "$efidir"; then
>> + efi_fs=`$grub_probe --target=fs --device-map=${device_map} ${efidir}`
>> + if test "x$efi_fs" = xfat; then :; else
>> + echo "${efidir} doesn't look like an EFI partition." 1>&2
>> + efidir=
>> + fi
>> +fi
>> +
>> +if test -n "$efidir"; then
>> + # The EFI specification requires that an EFI System Partition must
>> + # contain an "EFI" subdirectory, and that OS loaders are stored in
>> + # subdirectories below EFI. Vendors are expected to pick names that do
>> + # not collide with other vendors. To minimise collisions, we use the
>> + # name of our distributor if possible.
>>
> I'm not sure how well this is implemented in a real world. We may need
> to change that to
>
> efi_distributor=BOOT
>
> If real implementations don't work as well as expected
>
>> + if test $removable = yes; then
>> + # The specification makes stricter requirements of removable
>> + # devices, in order that only one image can be automatically loaded
>> + # from them. The image must always reside under /EFI/BOOT, and it
>> + # must have a specific file name depending on the architecture.
>> + efi_distributor=BOOT
>> + case "$target_cpu" in
>> + i386)
>> + efi_file=BOOTIA32.EFI
>> + ;;
>> + x86-64)
>> + efi_file=BOOTX64.EFI
>> + ;;
>> + # GRUB does not yet support these architectures, but they're defined
>> + # by the specification so we include them here to ease future
>> + # expansion.
>> + ia64)
>> + efi_file=BOOTIA64.EFI
>> + ;;
>> + arm)
>> + efi_file=BOOTARM.EFI
>> + ;;
>> + esac
>> + else
>> + efi_distributor="$(echo "$GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR" | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | cut -d' ' -f1)"
>>
> Perhaps we need a check that name contains no non-ASCII characters. EFI
> is supposed to support unicode but some parts of its spec contradict
> Unicode.
>> +# Try to make this image bootable using the EFI Boot Manager, if available.
>> +if test "$removable" = no && test -n "$efi_distributor" && \
>> + test -n "$efibootmgr"; then
>> + # On Linux, we need the efivars kernel modules.
>> + case "$host_os" in
>> + linux*)
>> + modprobe -q efivars 2>/dev/null || true
>> + ;;
>> + esac
>> +
>>
> What about using efi_distributor=boot if efivars fails to load? Many
> people have a mismatchin Linux and EFI and so use "noefi" on command
> line. Or "noefi" is there for some other reason.
>> + # Delete old entries from the same distributor.
>> + for bootnum in `efibootmgr | grep '^Boot[0-9]' | \
>> + fgrep " $efi_distributor" | cut -b5-8`; do
>> + efibootmgr $efi_quiet -b "$bootnum" -B
>> + done
>> +
>>
> This would conflict with installing both ia32 and x64 because second
> install will erase first one.
> Sane way may be to use efibootmgr only if installed version matches
> current EFI.
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
>
>
>
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