tree 91e1a063c9b1c87114452aa57cdb48e287587c63
parent 0c4445283212599a1d59684f89428b23e63d19c6
author Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org> 1609340834 +0200
committer Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> 1609421602 +0100

efi_loader: Remove unconditional installation of file2 protocol for initrd

Up to now we install the EFI_LOAD_FILE2_PROTOCOL to load an initrd
unconditionally. Although we correctly return various EFI exit codes
depending on the file status (i.e EFI_NO_MEDIA, EFI_NOT_FOUND etc), the
kernel loader only falls back to the cmdline interpreted initrd if the
protocol is not installed.

This creates a problem for EFI installers, since they won't be able to
load their own initrd and start the installation.

A following patch introduces a different logic where we search for an
initrd path defined in an EFI variable named 'Initrd####'.
If the bootmgr is used to launch the EFI payload, we'll will try to match
the BootCurrent value and find the corresponding initrd
(i.e Boot0000 -> Initrd0000 etc). If the file is found, we'll install
the required protocol which the kernel's efi-stub can use and load our
initrd.

Signed-off-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>