Message ID | 20231118202945.265566-1-ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org |
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State | New |
Headers | show |
Series | Pull request for efi-next-18112023 | expand |
On Sat, Nov 18, 2023 at 10:29:45PM +0200, Ilias Apalodimas wrote: > Hi Tom, > > The following changes since commit ae7ec8b0be41b59ef323f7531c0fe6745e8fef45: > > Merge branch '2023-11-16-assorted-updates' into next (2023-11-17 08:38:05 -0500) > > are available in the Git repository at: > > https://source.denx.de/u-boot/custodians/u-boot-tpm/ tags/efi-next-18112023 > > for you to fetch changes up to c022eed4bedf2e16e737fde22b03289d2a48cb27: > > doc: uefi: add HTTP Boot support (2023-11-18 10:08:09 +0200) > > EFI HTTP Boot is currently supported by using a combination of > wget, blkmap and bootefi commands. The user has to download the > image, mount it using blkmap and then execute the efi installer > using bootefi. > This series simplifies the user experience. Instead of doing all the > steps manually, users can now enable a new Kconfig (EFI_HTTP_BOOT) > which will select wget, blkmap and dns options. They can then use > efidebug command to add a boot option for the EFI Bootmanager using > => efidebug boot add -u 3 netinst http://<path> > => efidebug boot order 3 > => bootefi bootmgr > > The boot manager will automatically download and mount the image. > Once it's mounted it will locate and launch the installer. > > It's worth noting that this rarely fails, but the reason is irrelevant > to the current patchset. More information can be found here > https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/CAOMZO5CoduEgwgdQiybmoKh6qQZOezUtRRQO4ecaGdZBBz5dDw@mail.gmail.com/ > The tl;dr is that wget sometimes fails to download the file correctly > or set the size env variables. We expect all these to be solved once > LWIP is stable and pulled > > The CI reported no issues > https://source.denx.de/u-boot/custodians/u-boot-tpm/-/pipelines/18623 > Please consider pulling! > Applied to u-boot/next, thanks!