Re: F39 proposal: BiggerESP (Self-Contained Change proposal)

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On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 12:02:26PM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>   Hi,
> 
> > If we want to change the default here, let's do some proper cleanup:
> > 1. the split between ESP and XBOOTLDR is only useful in the case where
> >    ESP already existed and was small. If the installer is *creating*
> >    an ESP, it should just make it large enough.
> 
> And install kernels to /boot/efi in case /boot is not a XBOOTLDR
> filesystem?

If /boot is not a XBOOTLDR, then we only have one file system which is
the ESP. It could be mounted on /boot or on /efi or maybe even /boot/efi (*).
The kernels would then go to /boot/EFI/Linux, /efi/EFI/Linux, or /boot/efi/EFI/Linux,
respectively. (When you write /boot/efi, it's not clear what exactly you
mean. The duplication of "efi" and "EFI" on on case-insensitive system
is confusing.)

(*) This is actually something that'd need to be figure out.
/boot/efi is the worst choice; either /boot or /efi would be OK,
but something needs to be chosen.

> > 2. having a second partition with a second (different) file system
> >    implementation just increases the footprint and attack surface for
> >    no gain. If we create XBOOTLDR, make it like the ESP (i.e. VFAT
> >    in almost all realistic scenarios).
> 
> While being at it also give the XBOOTLDR the correct type uuid according
> to the discoverable partitions spec.

Of course ;-]

Zbyszek
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