Bug 11447 - Configurability to boot from UEFI boot partition or direct boot without bootloader
Summary: Configurability to boot from UEFI boot partition or direct boot without bootl...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: BSPs
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: bsps-configuration (show other bugs)
Version: 2.4
Hardware: All Multiple
: Medium+ enhancement
Target Milestone: 2.4 M2
Assignee: California Sullivan
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Reported: 2017-05-03 13:03 UTC by Chin Kooi KHOR
Modified: 2017-08-08 18:55 UTC (History)
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Description Chin Kooi KHOR 2017-05-03 13:03:33 UTC 
Configurability to support/boot from UEFI boot partition or direct boot without bootloader
Comment 1 Saul Wold 2017-05-08 06:05:05 UTC 
Investigate what refkit is doing and what Cal is looking at for single EFI blob with Kernel
Comment 2 California Sullivan 2017-06-15 18:07:18 UTC 
I sent an RFC patchset to meta-intel which adds refkit's combo app. The combo app is capable of booting the kernel directly and should satisfy this need.
Comment 3 California Sullivan 2017-07-11 23:30:28 UTC 
V2 sent, see here: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/pipermail/meta-intel/2017-July/004821.html

The combo app consists of an EFI stub, the kernel, the command line, and an optional initramfs. It can also be signed for secure boot purposes.
Comment 4 California Sullivan 2017-08-08 18:55:05 UTC 
Working well as of this commit: https://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-intel/commit/?id=625a588f70785cf777ec9fb072b127b126aba781