[U-Boot] [PATCH 14/16] efi_loader: Add distro boot script for removable media

[Alexander Graf]

On 02.02.16 18:52, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 03:45:12AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote:
>> UEFI defines a simple boot protocol for removable media. There we should look
>> at the EFI (first GPT FAT) partition and search for /efi/boot/bootXXX.efi with
>> XXX being different between different platforms (x86, x64, arm, aa64, ...).
> 
> One comment, one question.
> Comment:
> It's not really "the first GPT FAT" - it's the partition marked with
> the EFI System Partition type (containing a FAT filesystem).
> This is actually defined for MBR partition tables too, but I'd be
> quite happy for that bit of legacy to be left out.

Have you ever seen it as not the first partition? :)

> 
> Question:
> Does U-Boot support El Torito for iso images?

There is some code for el torito in the iso driver. But it looks more
like output for an info command rather than actual boot logic.


Alex