On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 09:10:53PM +0530, Keshav P R wrote: > Hi, > In some UEFI systems, startup.nsh does not start and the boot > stops at Shell prompt without giving any indication of any error > whatsoever. I think instead of relying on UEFI Shell, we should use a > proper, simple UEFI boot manager to load EFISTUB kernel in archiso. > So here is a patch replacing UEFI Shell as the primary boot > pathway to gummiboot. I have renamed the UEFI Shell binaries and > archiso now includes both v1 and v2 shell binaries, accessible via > gummiboot menu. Some options present in shell v2 is not present in v1, > but v1 works in all firmwares while v2 works only in >=2.3 (spec. > version) firmwares. > I have attached the patch. For this support, > gummiboot-efi-x86_64 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=62791 > should be moved to [extra] or [core] repo. Please give your comments. > > Regards. > > Keshav
It'd be nice if you could send your patches inline in the future, using git-send-email.
