Pull request for efi-next-18112023

[Tom Rini]

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!

-- 
Tom
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