linux-kernel - Re: Revisiting EFI boot stub config file support

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Date:	Wed, 2 Jan 2013 17:54:23 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Shea Levy <shea@...alevy.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Revisiting EFI boot stub config file support

On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 12:52:21PM -0500, Shea Levy wrote:

> But you can't set args when booting from external media (using e.g. 
> \boot\efi\bootx64.efi), at least not on any system I've seen. And even 
> if you could, that'd over complicate the install process for new 
> users.

So have an initial wrapper that launches the kernel and passes an 
argument. You're going to need something equivalent if you want to 
support Secure Boot.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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