[PATCH v7 4/9] efi_loader: create default file boot option

[Ilias Apalodimas]

On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 02:46:46PM +0200, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> On 16.10.23 14:31, Ilias Apalodimas wrote:
> > Hi Heinrich,
> >
> > On Mon, 16 Oct 2023 at 10:06, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Am 16. Oktober 2023 08:45:21 MESZ schrieb Masahisa Kojima <masahisa.kojima at linaro.org>:
> > > > Current efibootmgr automatically creates the
> > > > boot options of all disks and partitions installing
> > > > EFI_SIMPLE_FILE_SYSTEM_PROTOCOL.
> > > > Some of the automatically created boot options are
> > > > useless if the disk and partition does not have
> > > > the default file(e.g. EFI/BOOT/BOOTAA64.EFI).
> > > >
> > > > This commit only creates the boot option if the disk and
> > > > partition have the default file so that system can directly
> > > > boot from it.
> > >
> > > I don't directly see the user benefit.
> >
> > The user can add an HTTP boot option now and the installer will
> > automatically start.  That would allow products to ship with a single
> > boot option provisioned and run an installer on first boot
>
> This commit is not about HTTP. It changes how boot options for block
> devices are created.
>

You are right, I misread the original reply.  We should keep those as well

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Thanks
/Ilias