Re: PATCH: added GRUB command to get and set (U)EFI firmware variables

[SevenBits <sevenbitstech@gmail.com>]

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On 11/25/2013 05:07 PM, Vladimir '?-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
> On 25.11.2013 23:03, SevenBits wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for your quick reply.
>>
>> I just have a couple of questions. How do you prefer I allow the user to
>> specify the vendor UUID? By typing it in via the keyboard? And secondly,
>> by saying it needs "readable aliases for known types" do you mean that
>> there should be a function to set an integer, one to set a boolean, etc?
>>
> I meant for UUIDs. E.g. one alias "efi" for shared space, "apple" for
> apple and so on.
So other than a generic variable UUID and Apple, are there others that
you think might be necessary? I can try and put in some common ones but
manufacturers may not disclose what their specific UUIDs are.
>
> But type of variable is also an issue and there should be at least
> following available:
> hex - transform all in hex
> utf16 - decode utf16 into utf8
> Probably more, didn't really look into issue
I see, okay, I'll add some in.
>
>> Regarding the patch format, I'll tidy that up and send a proper one.
>>
>> -- SevenBits
>>
>> On 11/25/2013 04:41 PM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
>>> please resend as proper and not as reverse patch. Anotjer issie that
can be
>>> seen from description alone is that you don't allow to specify vendor
>> uuid.
>>> it would be needed and slso it needs readable aliases for known types
>>> On Nov 25, 2013 10:35 PM, "SevenBits" <sevenbitstech@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> This patch adds two GRUB two commands to allow the user to get and set
>>>> the values of (U)EFI firmware variables. When dealing with (U)EFI
>>>> firmware with GRUB I decided this would be a useful tool to have for
>>>> both developers and end-users.
>>>>
>>>> The first command, setefivariable, takes two parameters: the name
of the
>>>> variable to set and its value. The second, getefivariable, also takes
>>>> two parameters: the name of the variable to retrieve and the name
of the
>>>> GRUB environment variable in which you want to store the result. This
>>>> can then be checked using GRUB's built in 'if' statement and scripting
>>>> capability to allow unique booting capabilities based on whether, for
>>>> example, secure boot is enabled or the (U)EFI firmware is in setup
mode.
>>>>
>>>> Have a look and let me know what you think! The patch follows.
>>>>
>>>> -- SevenBits
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/grub/grub-core/Makefile.core.def
>>>> b/grub-orig/grub-core/Makefile.core.def
>>>> index 177d6d6..5cd84b1 100644
>>>> --- a/grub/grub-core/Makefile.core.def
>>>> +++ b/grub-orig/grub-core/Makefile.core.def
>>>> @@ -1004,13 +1004,6 @@ module = {
>>>>  };
>>>>
>>>>  module = {
>>>> -  name = setvariable;
>>>> -  common = commands/efi/setvariable.c;
>>>> -  enable = i386_efi;
>>>> -  enable = x86_64_efi;
>>>> -};
>>>> -
>>>> -module = {
>>>>    name = pcidump;
>>>>    common = commands/pcidump.c;
>>>>    enable = pci;
>>>> diff --git a/grub/grub-core/commands/efi/setvariable.c
>>>> b/grub/grub-core/commands/efi/setvariable.c
>>>> deleted file mode 100644
>>>> index b0d0967..0000000
>>>> --- a/grub/grub-core/commands/efi/setvariable.c
>>>> +++ /dev/null
>>>> @@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
>>>> -/* setvariable.c - get and set efi firmware variables */
>>>> -/*
>>>> - *  GRUB  --  GRand Unified Bootloader
>>>> - *  Copyright (C) 2013  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>>>> - *
>>>> - *  GRUB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
>>>> - *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by
>>>> - *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
>>>> - *  (at your option) any later version.
>>>> - *
>>>> - *  GRUB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>>>> - *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>>>> - *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
>>>> - *  GNU General Public License for more details.
>>>> - *
>>>> - *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>>>> - *  along with GRUB.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
>>>> - */
>>>> -
>>>> -#include <grub/env.h>
>>>> -#include <grub/dl.h>
>>>> -#include <grub/misc.h>
>>>> -#include <grub/file.h>
>>>> -#include <grub/efi/efi.h>
>>>> -#include <grub/pci.h>
>>>> -#include <grub/command.h>
>>>> -#include <grub/i18n.h>
>>>> -
>>>> -GRUB_MOD_LICENSE ("GPLv3+");
>>>> -
>>>> -static grub_err_t
>>>> -grub_cmd_setefivariable (grub_command_t cmd __attribute__ ((unused)),
>>>> -           int argc, char *argv[])
>>>> -{
>>>> -    grub_efi_guid_t global = GRUB_EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID;
>>>> -    if (argc == 0)
>>>> -        return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT, N_("efi variable
name
>>>> expected"));
>>>> -    else if (argc == 1)
>>>> -        return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT, N_("efi variable
name
>>>> value expected"));
>>>> -
>>>> -    grub_err_t status;
>>>> -    grub_size_t arg_size = (grub_strlen(argv[1]) + 1) * sizeof(char);
>>>> -
>>>> -    status = grub_efi_set_variable (argv[0], &global, argv[1],
>> arg_size);
>>>> -    if (status != GRUB_ERR_NONE)
>>>> -    {
>>>> -        grub_printf ("couldn't set efi variable");
>>>> -        return status;
>>>> -    }
>>>> -    return 0;
>>>> -}
>>>> -
>>>> -static grub_err_t
>>>> -grub_cmd_getefivariable (grub_command_t cmd __attribute__ ((unused)),
>>>> -                 int argc, char *argv[])
>>>> -{
>>>> -    grub_efi_guid_t global = GRUB_EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID;
>>>> -    if (argc == 0)
>>>> -        return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT, N_("efi variable
name
>>>> expected"));
>>>> -    else if (argc == 1)
>>>> -        return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT, N_("efi variable
name
>>>> value expected"));
>>>> -
>>>> -    grub_size_t var_size;
>>>> -    grub_err_t status;
>>>> -    char *value = (char*)grub_efi_get_variable (argv[0], &global,
>>>> &var_size);
>>>> -    status = grub_env_set (argv[1], value);
>>>> -    if (status != GRUB_ERR_NONE)
>>>> -    {
>>>> -        grub_printf ("couldn't set environment variable");
>>>> -        return status;
>>>> -    }
>>>> -    return 0;
>>>> -}
>>>> -
>>>> -static grub_command_t cmd_setefivariable, cmd_getefivariable;
>>>> -
>>>> -GRUB_MOD_INIT(loadbios)
>>>> -{
>>>> -  cmd_setefivariable = grub_register_command ("setefivariable",
>>>> grub_cmd_setefivariable,
>>>> -                    N_("NAME VALUE"),
>>>> -                    N_("Set an EFI firmware variable "
>>>> -                          "which can be stored and retrieved "
>>>> -                          "from between sessions."));
>>>> -
>>>> -  cmd_getefivariable = grub_register_command ("getefivariable",
>>>> grub_cmd_getefivariable,
>>>> -                    N_("NAME ENV_VARIABLE"),
>>>> -                    N_("Gets an EFI firmware variable "
>>>> -                          "and stores it as a GRUB environment "
>>>> -                          "variable named ENV_VARIABLE."));
>>>> -}
>>>> -
>>>> -GRUB_MOD_FINI(loadbios)
>>>> -{
>>>> -  grub_unregister_command (cmd_setefivariable);
>>>> -  grub_unregister_command (cmd_getefivariable);
>>>> -}
>>>>
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