On Wed, Jul 27, 2022, at 4:42 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
Since you say systemd-boot can already do what we want in this regard:
e. Replace grub for EFI systems with systemd-boot ?
I wish it were possible. I'm pretty sure the Red Hat bootloader team has no time or
interest in it. And there's no upgrade path, because systemd-boot requires a FAT /boot
volume. The lack of an upgrade path, I think, is a bigger issue than a system-wide change
proposal to: switch to systemd-boot on UEFI, including FAT /boot partition, for new clean
installs.
There's quite a lot of GRUB upstream work related to TPM stuff, including measured
boot. I have no idea if we're going to use any of that at some point, but it's not
something in systemd-boot's realm.
Or at least make systemd-boot a supported option alongside
grub for those who need dual boot with Windows
Given resources, I expect it would be more likely to replace GRUB with systemd-boot, on
UEFI, than support both. And the likelihood of anything but GRUB I'd put at "very
low". I'd like to be wrong but...
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Chris Murphy