** Description changed: + {Description] + Grub supports booting files over the network via both FTP/HTTP. However, the Ubuntu package is not built with the grub HTTP modules. Enabling this would allow grub to obtain files over HTTP (such as initrd/kernel). + + [Rationale] + Enabling HTTP support for Grub would allow MAAS to use such functionality to boot files over the network with HTTP. This allows for improvement performance (vs using ftp) and for better security. + + [Original bug report] + GRUB has builtin support for HTTP via http.mod. This module is not being included in the prebuild grubnetx64.efi. All that should be required is adding the http module. I also suggest building grubnetx64.efi using GRUB modules to include lvm and RAID support this will allow grubnetx64.efi to local boot in all situations. --- build-efi-images 2018-08-17 10:50:35.124311043 -0700 +++ build-efi-images.new 2018-08-17 10:50:59.270661126 -0700 @@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ raid5rec raid6rec " -NET_MODULES="$CD_MODULES +NET_MODULES="$GRUB_MODULES tftp + http " "$grub_mkimage" -O "$platform" -o "$outdir/gcd$efi_name.efi" \
** Description changed: {Description] Grub supports booting files over the network via both FTP/HTTP. However, the Ubuntu package is not built with the grub HTTP modules. Enabling this would allow grub to obtain files over HTTP (such as initrd/kernel). [Rationale] Enabling HTTP support for Grub would allow MAAS to use such functionality to boot files over the network with HTTP. This allows for improvement performance (vs using ftp) and for better security. + + MAAS would use this to download kernel and initrd over HTTP instead of + FTP at first for performance improvements. [Original bug report] GRUB has builtin support for HTTP via http.mod. This module is not being included in the prebuild grubnetx64.efi. All that should be required is adding the http module. I also suggest building grubnetx64.efi using GRUB modules to include lvm and RAID support this will allow grubnetx64.efi to local boot in all situations. --- build-efi-images 2018-08-17 10:50:35.124311043 -0700 +++ build-efi-images.new 2018-08-17 10:50:59.270661126 -0700 @@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ raid5rec raid6rec " -NET_MODULES="$CD_MODULES +NET_MODULES="$GRUB_MODULES tftp + http " "$grub_mkimage" -O "$platform" -o "$outdir/gcd$efi_name.efi" \ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1787630 Title: [FFe] Include HTTP support in pre-build GRUB module To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1787630/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs