[PATCH v4 00/11] enable menu-driven boot device selection

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Sat Apr 16 08:46:03 CEST 2022


On 3/24/22 14:54, Masahisa Kojima wrote:
> This patch series adds the menu-driven boot device selection,
> by extending the existing "bootmenu" to include UEFI and distro_boot
> related entries, and supports menu-driven UEFI boot variable
> maintenance.
>
> This patch series also includes the removable media support
> that UEFI specification requires to support.
>
> The menu example is as follows.
>
>    *** U-Boot Boot Menu ***
>
>       bootmenu_00   : Boot 1. kernel
>       bootmenu_01   : Boot 2. kernel
>       bootmenu_02   : Reset board
>       UEFI BOOT0000 : debian
>       UEFI BOOT0001 : ubuntu
>       UEFI BOOT0002 : mmc0:1
>       UEFI BOOT0003 : mmc0:2
>       UEFI BOOT0004 : nvme0:1
>       UEFI BOOT0005 : nvme0:2
>       UEFI BOOT0006 : usb0:2
>       UEFI BOOT0007 : usb1:1
>       UEFI BOOT0008 : usb1:2
>       distro_boot   : usb0
>       distro_boot   : scsi0
>       distro_boot   : virtio0
>       distro_boot   : dhcp
>
>    Press UP/DOWN to move, ENTER to select, ESC/CTRL+C to quit
>
> [Major changes from RFC v3]
> - add Kconfig option to disable U-Boot console
> - add UEFI boot variable maintenance feature
> - support removable media support and user selection
> - app bootmenu enhancement documentation
>
> [How to run on QEMU(arm64)]
> 1) clone source code
>   $ git clone https://git.linaro.org/people/masahisa.kojima/u-boot.git \
> -b kojima/bootmenu_v4_upstream_0324 --depth 1
>
> 2) prepare U-Boot .config
>   $ make qemu_arm64_menuconfig
>    then, enable CONFIG_CMD_BOOTMENU and CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_MENU_SHOW
>
> 3) run on QEMU(arm64) example
>   $ qemu-system-aarch64 -machine virt,gic-version=3 -cpu cortex-a57 -m 4G -nographic \
>     -no-acpi -bios ./u-boot.bin -hda xxx.img


I applied the series to origin/master and added the two config options.

This is the output if the disk image does not have an EFI partition:

Found 0 disks
No EFI system partition
Unable to find TPMv2 device

Even if there is no EFI system partition on virtio 0 I would expect the
menu to be shown.

When having an image with an EFI system partition I get:

   *** U-Boot Boot Menu ***

      UEFI BOOT0003 : test3
      UEFI BOOT00A0 : hello
      UEFI BOOT0000 : virtio0:1
      distro_boot   : usb0
      distro_boot   : scsi0
      distro_boot   : virtio0
      distro_boot   : nvme0
      distro_boot   : dhcp
      UEFI Boot Manager Maintenance
      U-Boot console

The entries usb0, scsi0, nvme0 should not exist as there is no such device.

=> lsblk
Block Driver          Devices
-----------------------------
efi_blk             : <none>
nvme-blk            : <none>
scsi_blk            : <none>
usb_storage_blk     : <none>
virtio-blk          : virtio 0


When I select "U-Boot console" the prompt is written in the middle of
the screen. I would expect the screen to be cleared.

If I disable networking, I get

Missing RNG device for EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL
No EFI system partition
Unable to find TPMv2 device
=>

though the disk has an EFI partition.

So this series needs some rework.

Best regards

Heinrich

>
>
> AKASHI Takahiro (2):
>    efi_loader: export efi_locate_device_handle()
>    efi_loader: bootmgr: add booting from removable media
>
> Masahisa Kojima (9):
>    bootmenu: fix menu API error handling
>    lib/charset: add u16_strlcat() function
>    test: unit test for u16_strlcat()
>    menu: always show the menu regardless of the number or entry
>    bootmenu: add UEFI and disto_boot entries
>    bootmenu: factor out the user input handling
>    efi_loader: add menu-driven UEFI Boot Variable maintenance
>    bootmenu: add removable media entries
>    doc:bootmenu: add UEFI boot variable and distro boot support
>
>   cmd/Kconfig                               |   10 +
>   cmd/bootmenu.c                            |  678 +++++++----
>   common/menu.c                             |  139 ++-
>   doc/usage/bootmenu.rst                    |   65 ++
>   include/charset.h                         |   15 +
>   include/config_distro_bootcmd.h           |   14 +-
>   include/efi_default_filename.h            |   26 +
>   include/efi_loader.h                      |   63 ++
>   include/menu.h                            |   20 +
>   lib/charset.c                             |   21 +
>   lib/efi_loader/Makefile                   |    1 +
>   lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmenu_maintenance.c | 1244 +++++++++++++++++++++
>   lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c              |   50 +-
>   lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c             |   59 +-
>   lib/efi_loader/efi_console.c              |   81 ++
>   lib/efi_loader/efi_disk.c                 |   11 +
>   lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c                 |   75 +-
>   test/unicode_ut.c                         |   45 +
>   18 files changed, 2357 insertions(+), 260 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 include/efi_default_filename.h
>   create mode 100644 lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmenu_maintenance.c
>



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