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Re: [PATCH] grub.d: Use linuxefi and initrdefi commands if platform is e
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Javier Martinez Canillas |
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Re: [PATCH] grub.d: Use linuxefi and initrdefi commands if platform is efi |
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Mon, 23 Mar 2020 19:50:11 +0100 |
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On 3/23/20 7:31 PM, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 07:26:59PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> On 3/23/20 12:53 PM, Tianjia Zhang wrote:
>>> When the platform is EFI platform, use 'linuxefi' and 'initrdefi'
>>> commands instead of 'linux' and 'initrd'.
>>>
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>> These two commands are added by most distros as a part of their Secure Boot
>> patch-set, but aren't present in upstream GRUB so this patch doesn't apply.
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> I was about to say that at least in Ubuntu, linux automatically loads
> via EFI and then falls back to native grub kernel loading if that
> does not work (and it's not on secure boot). Which IMO is the right
> thing to do.
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In Fedora also always 'linux' and 'initrd' is used nowadays. There's no need to
have separate linux16, linuxefi and linux commands although these are supported
for backward compatibility.
Best regards,
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Javier Martinez Canillas
Software Engineer - Desktop Hardware Enablement
Red Hat