[arch-releng] [PATCH]{RFC]Change from UEFI Shell to gummiboot-efi-x86_64 for booting

[Keshav P R]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
<vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
> On 09/15/2012 12:40 PM, Keshav P R wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>       In some UEFI systems, startup.nsh does not start and the boot
>> stops at Shell prompt without giving any indication of any error
>> whatsoever. I think instead of relying on UEFI Shell, we should use a
>> proper, simple UEFI boot manager to load EFISTUB kernel in archiso.
>>           So here is a patch replacing UEFI Shell as the primary boot
>> pathway to gummiboot. I have renamed the UEFI Shell binaries and
>> archiso now includes both v1 and v2 shell binaries, accessible via
>> gummiboot menu. Some options present in shell v2 is not present in v1,
>> but v1 works in all firmwares while v2 works only in >=2.3 (spec.
>> version) firmwares.
>>           I have attached the patch. For this support,
>> gummiboot-efi-x86_64 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=62791
>> should be moved to [extra] or [core] repo. Please give your comments.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Keshav
>
>
> Do you ask to Tobias to, build it and put in repos like refind?
>

Yes.

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> Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
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