Re: [yocto-patches] [wic][PATCH] wic/plugins: allow timeout of 0 for systemd-boot

[Marcel Hamer <marcel@solidxs.se>]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 03:38:17PM +0200, Marcel Hamer via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> Setting a timeout value of 0 for systemd-boot evaluated to False and
> caused for a default timeout value of 5 to be set instead of 0.
> 
> A timeout of 0 is a valid loader.conf value for systemd-boot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcel Hamer <marcel@solidxs.se>
> ---
>  src/wic/plugins/source/bootimg_efi.py | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/wic/plugins/source/bootimg_efi.py b/src/wic/plugins/source/bootimg_efi.py
> index fe6c222..1f73f85 100644
> --- a/src/wic/plugins/source/bootimg_efi.py
> +++ b/src/wic/plugins/source/bootimg_efi.py
> @@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ class BootimgEFIPlugin(SourcePlugin):
>          loader_conf = ""
>  
>          # 5 seconds is a sensible default timeout
> -        loader_conf += "timeout %d\n" % (bootloader.timeout or 5)
> +        timeout_val = bootloader.timeout if bootloader.timeout is not None else 5
> +        loader_conf += f"timeout {timeout_val}\n"
>  
>          logger.debug("Writing systemd-boot config "
>                       "%s/hdd/boot/loader/loader.conf", cr_workdir)
> -- 
> 2.47.3
> 
> 
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Hello,

Just wanted to a gentle ping on this patch proposal. Just wondering if
this was wrongly addressed or if something is missing.

It seems a similar solution is proposed in:

https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/yocto-patches/message/4960

Thanks!

Kind regards,

Marcel