bug#26815: [PATCH v4 3/3] vm: Add UEFI loader to disk images.

[Marius Bakke]

Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

>> +++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
>> @@ -228,11 +229,23 @@ the image."
>>                                 #:system-directory #$os-drv))
>>                    (partitions (list (partition
>>                                       (size #$(- disk-image-size
>> -                                                (* 10 (expt 2 20))))
>> +                                                (* 50 (expt 2 20))))
>>                                       (label #$file-system-label)
>>                                       (file-system #$file-system-type)
>>                                       (flags '(boot))
>> -                                     (initializer initialize)))))
>> +                                     (initializer initialize))
>> +                                    ;; Append a small EFI System Partition 
>> for
>> +                                    ;; use with UEFI bootloaders.
>> +                                    (partition
>> +                                     ;; The standalone grub image is about 
>> 10MiB, but
>> +                                     ;; leave some room for custom or 
>> multiple images.
>> +                                     (size (* 40 (expt 2 20)))
>> +                                     (label "GNU-ESP")             
>> ;cosmetic only
>> +                                     ;; Use "vfat" here since this property 
>> is used
>> +                                     ;; when mounting. The actual FAT-ness 
>> is based
>> +                                     ;; on filesystem size (16 in this 
>> case).
>> +                                     (file-system "vfat")
>> +                                     (flags '(esp))))))
>>               (initialize-hard-disk "/dev/vda"
>>                                     #:partitions partitions
>>                                     #:bootloader-package
>
> I thought we’d pass something like
>
>   (initialize-hard-disk … #:grub-efi #$grub-eif)
>
> to avoid the ambiguity?

Thanks for the hint. With the attached patch, grub-efi is now passed
through to "install-efi". I haven't tested it on "version-0.13.0" but
assume it will work.

Now, I would like to instead implement an #:efi-loader keyword, and pass
it a derivation for the standalone EFI blob, but I'm not sure if I can
do that before the weekend. What do you think, is this "good enough" for
the time being?

> Once we’re done with that, we’ll have to update one of the
> ‘operating-system’ declaration examples to show UEFI configuration, and
> to update the doc to explain the installation process for UEFI.

I'll get on that.

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