[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 0/8] cmd: add efishell for efi environment

AKASHI Takahiro takahiro.akashi at linaro.org
Tue Dec 18 05:05:02 UTC 2018 

# This patch set contains only efishell-specific part of my original
  patch[1]. See also the other patch[2].

This patch set is a collection of patches to enhance efi user interfaces
/commands. It will help improve user experience on efi boot and make it
more usable *without* edk2's shell utility.

Let's see how it works:
=> efishell boot add 1 SHELL mmc 0:1 /Shell.efi ""
=> efishell boot add 2 HELLO mmc 0:1 /hello.efi ""
=> efishell boot dump
Boot0001:
	attributes: A-- (0x00000001)
	label: SHELL
	file_path: /VenHw(e61d73b9-a384-4acc-aeab-82e828f3628b)/SD(0)/SD(0)/HD(1,MBR,0x086246ba,0x800,0x40000)/\\Shell.efi
	data: 
Boot0002:
	attributes: A-- (0x00000001)
	label: HELLO
	file_path: /VenHw(e61d73b9-a384-4acc-aeab-82e828f3628b)/SD(0)/SD(0)/HD(1,MBR,0x086246ba,0x800,0x40000)/\\hello.efi
	data: 

=> efishell boot order 1 2
=> efishell boot order
 1: Boot0001: SHELL
 2: Boot0002: HELLO

=> run -e Boot0002 (or bootefi bootmgr - 2)	; '-' means no dtb specified
WARNING: booting without device tree
Booting: HELLO
## Starting EFI application at 000000007db8b040 ...
Hello, world!
## Application terminated, r = 0

=> env set -e PlatformLang en			; important!
   (or you can do "efishell setvar PlatformLang en")
=> env print -e
Boot0001: {boot,run}(blob)
00000000:  01 00 00 00 68 00 53 00  ....h.S.
00000010:  48 00 45 00 4c 00 4c 00  H.E.L.L.
00000020:  00 00 01 04 14 00 b9 73  .......s
00000030:  1d e6 84 a3 cc 4a ae ab  .....J..
00000040:  82 e8 28 f3 62 8b 03 1a  ..(.b...
00000050:  05 00 00 03 1a 05 00 00  ........
00000060:  04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00  ..*.....
00000070:  00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00  ........
00000080:  00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00  ........
00000090:  ba 46 62 08 00 00 00 00  .Fb.....
000000a0:  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ........
000000b0:  01 01 04 04 1c 00 5c 00  ......\.
000000c0:  5c 00 53 00 68 00 65 00  \.S.h.e.
000000d0:  6c 00 6c 00 2e 00 65 00  l.l...e.
000000e0:  66 00 69 00 00 00 7f ff  f.i....
000000f0:  04 00 00                 ...
Boot0002: {boot,run}(blob)
00000000:  01 00 00 00 68 00 48 00  ....h.H.
00000010:  45 00 4c 00 4c 00 4f 00  E.L.L.O.
00000020:  00 00 01 04 14 00 b9 73  .......s
00000030:  1d e6 84 a3 cc 4a ae ab  .....J..
00000040:  82 e8 28 f3 62 8b 03 1a  ..(.b...
00000050:  05 00 00 03 1a 05 00 00  ........
00000060:  04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00  ..*.....
00000070:  00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00  ........
00000080:  00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00  ........
00000090:  ba 46 62 08 00 00 00 00  .Fb.....
000000a0:  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ........
000000b0:  01 01 04 04 1c 00 5c 00  ......\.
000000c0:  5c 00 68 00 65 00 6c 00  \.h.e.l.
000000d0:  6c 00 6f 00 2e 00 65 00  l.o...e.
000000e0:  66 00 69 00 00 00 7f ff  f.i....
000000f0:  04 00 00                 ...
BootOrder: {boot,run}(blob)
00000000:  01 00 02 00              ....
OsIndicationsSupported: {ro,boot}(blob)
00000000:  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ........
PlatformLang: {boot,run}(blob)
00000000:  65 6e                    en

=> run -e Boot0001 or bootefi bootmgr

   (shell ...)

"setvar" command now supports efi shell-like syntax:

=> env set -e foo =S\"akashi\" =0x012345 =Habcdef  
=> env print -e foo                              
foo: {boot,run}(blob)
00000000:  61 6b 61 73 68 69 45 23  akashiE#
00000010:  01 00 ab cd ef           .....


Other useful sub commands are:
=> efishell devices				; print uefi devices
=> efishell drivers				; print uefi drivers
=> efishell images				; print loaded images
=> efishell dh					; print uefi handles
=> efishell memmap				; dump uefi memory map

# I admit there is some room to improve the output from those commands.

[1] https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2018-November/346450.html
[2] https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2018-December/352403.html

Enjoy!
-Takahiro Akashi

Changes in v3 (Dec 18, 2018)
* split v2 into two separate patch series
* add CONFIG_CMD_EFISHELL to enable/disable efishell command
* add missing free() at several places in efishell command

Changes in v2 (Nov 5, 2018)
* modify efi_dp_from_name() for use in efishell
* rename efi_marshal_load_option() to efi_serialize_load_option(),
  taking a "struct efi_load_option" as an argument
* improve a format in dumping uefi variables
* enhance a setvar syntax as efi's shell does
* change a syntax from "bootefi bootmgr -2" to "bootefi bootmgr - 2"
* add -e option to run command
* add -e option to env command
* add more sub-commands

AKASHI Takahiro (8):
  cmd: add efishell command
  cmd: efishell: add devices command
  cmd: efishell: add drivers command
  cmd: efishell: add images command
  cmd: efishell: add memmap command
  cmd: efishell: add dh command
  cmd: efishell: export uefi variable helper functions
  cmd: env: add "-e" option for handling UEFI variables

 cmd/Kconfig       |   10 +
 cmd/Makefile      |    1 +
 cmd/efishell.c    | 1000 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 cmd/nvedit.c      |   61 ++-
 include/command.h |    4 +
 5 files changed, 1074 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 cmd/efishell.c

-- 
2.19.1

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