BFO is cool. A rpm package that would install it on grub would be nice. Its easy to do manually: > wget -O/boot/bfo.lkrn http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/bfo/bfo.lkrn > grubby --add-kernel=/boot/bfo.lkrn --title="Boot BFO" > reboot (src: http://boot.fedoraproject.org/faq) If it was a package, I wouldn't have to remember to do it everytime I reinstall fedora. c.f., memtest86+.
Not a bad idea... I'm afraid I don't have time to work on it currently however. Would you (or someone you know) be interested in creating the package? I could help review.
Created attachment 812243 [details] bfo.spec Here's my rough attempt. * Foolishly, I haven't actually tested booting the result (next time I have an ethernet connection...) * Here's the SRPM: http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/macdonald/temp/bfo-1.0.0-1.20130925git7405685df.fc19.src.rpm * I've got the spec file and other bits and pieces on github: https://github.com/cbm755/fedora-bfo-rpm * rpmlint reports errors, other issues noted in TODO.md on github.
So, a few things... do we want the package to build the file, or just have some kind of wrapper that asks the user when they run it to download the one already built on boot.fedoraproject.org? On one hand it would need net and prompting, on the other it would avoid different versions. Instead of grub2-mkconfig you likely want to call 'grubby' to add the entry.
I don't have a strong opinion but here's my thinking: 1) Fedora documentation suggests packages should be able to build from source. 2) We can control what checkout from ipxe is used so controlling versions should be easy. 3) I tried to have an RPM that does the steps in: https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/fedora-infrastructure.git/tree/bfo/README So one could in the future use the RPM intead of those instructions... 4) You could put the .spec file and other bits info the fedora-infrastructure repo. Re: grubby. I put the entry in /etc/grub.d/ but then I don't know what grubby command rebuilds grub2.cfg. I did take a quick look at the kernel rpm's but I didn't see how to do it. FWIW, I think the grubby instructions at http://boot.fedoraproject.org/faq are suboptimal b/c AFAICT the command modifies grub2.cfg *directly* (and thus will not survive recreating grub2.cfg). Putting files into /etc/grub.d/ seems to be The Right Way.
sorry, I meant /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Created attachment 812851 [details] bfo.spec minor fixes
Created attachment 812856 [details] bfo.spec, fix changelog
I guess the 'official' way to add/update the bootloader these days is to call /sbin/new-kernel-pkg with the right arguments. That would call grubby if grub was used, extlinux updated if thats in use, etc.
1) I honestly can't tell what is "official". I also see this: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2013-July/184703.html But at any rate, both "new-kernel-pkg" and "kernel-install" concentrate on *kernels*, i.e., initrd's etc. I just want to update the /boot/grub2/grub.cfg file ;-) My current plan is watch memtest86: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1000322 Once its sorted there, I'll try to do whatever they do. 2) I assume Fedora has these extra layers of grubby/new-kernel-pkg/kernel-install etc because we support multiple bootloaders (I can't think of any other reason!) But does that mean this BFO package needs to support those other bootloaders? They must each have their equivalent of /etc/grub.d/20_bfo files...
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@Kevin: do you think there is still interest in BFO? It still works my bios rawhide VM... but haven't tested on my EFI laptop. Assuming there is still interest, maybe I should stop building from source and just grab the current "bfo.lkrn"... I.e., I could do a much simpler package: 1. install a "bfo-setup" script (c.f., memtest86+) 2. bfo-setup would "wget" the latest bfo.lkrn 3. bfo-setup would write the "etc/grub.d/20_bfo" file 4. It would tell inform the user to do "grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg" (3 and 4 are what memtest86+ still does so its not too unreasonable).
(In reply to Colin Macdonald from comment #12) > @Kevin: do you think there is still interest in BFO? It still works my bios > rawhide VM... but haven't tested on my EFI laptop. Hard to say. ;) EFI isn't working sadly, see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215693 > > Assuming there is still interest, maybe I should stop building from source > and just grab the current "bfo.lkrn"... I.e., I could do a much simpler > package: > > 1. install a "bfo-setup" script (c.f., memtest86+) > > 2. bfo-setup would "wget" the latest bfo.lkrn > > 3. bfo-setup would write the "etc/grub.d/20_bfo" file > > 4. It would tell inform the user to do "grub2-mkconfig -o > /boot/grub2/grub.cfg" > > (3 and 4 are what memtest86+ still does so its not too unreasonable). That would work for me.
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