Bug 17262 – eli.efi does not look in the current directory for the files

This service will be undergoing maintenance at 00:00 UTC, 2016-09-28. It is expected to last about 1 hours

Bug 17262 - eli.efi does not look in the current directory for the files

Summary:	eli.efi does not look in the current directory for the files

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	eli (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	7.3
Hardware:	ia64 Linux

Priority	low Severity medium
Target Milestone:	---
Target Release:	---
Assigned To:	Bill Nottingham
QA Contact:
Docs Contact:

URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:	FutureFeature

Depends On:
Blocks:
	Show dependency tree / graph

Reported:	2000-09-05 15:40 EDT by Matt Domsch
Modified:	2014-03-16 22:16 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:
Fixed In Version:
Doc Type:	Enhancement
Doc Text:
Story Points:	---
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed:	2001-04-30 16:58:28 EDT
Type:	---
Regression:	---
Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---
CRM:
Verified Versions:
Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---
RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:

Attachments	(Terms of Use)
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Groups: None (edit)

Description Matt Domsch 2000-09-05 15:40:45 EDT

eli.efi does not look in the current directory for the files
listed in eli.cfg (such as initrd.img and vmlinux).  Apparently,
files must be in the root directory of the filesystem for 
eli.efi to find them.  It would greatly simplify our process if
the ability to find files in the current directory were added to
eli.efi's functionality.

Comment 1 Glen Foster 2001-01-11 16:17:24 EST

This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Florence Gold release

Comment 2 Matt Domsch 2001-01-12 13:11:55 EST

Dell's got a workaround in place for our factory install process which is 
sufficient.  I'll drop this to a RFE, low priority.

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2001-01-16 13:38:22 EST

OK. I'll mark this deferred for now. From what I remember, it would require
some not-insignificant changes to how eli handles files (need to dig
out the EFI api).

Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 2001-02-12 17:39:23 EST

Reopening, because if it stays deferred I'll never remember to look at it.

Comment 5 Glen Foster 2001-02-23 17:18:09 EST

Re-classifying this defect as Florence Must-Fix GOLD

Comment 6 Glen Foster 2001-02-23 17:32:38 EST

Re-classifying (again) as not a MUST-FIX (sorry for the mix-up).

Comment 7 Matt Domsch 2001-04-17 20:58:42 EDT

I moved this back to Red Hat Linux Beta, beta 3, for IA-64, as 7.1 isn't 
released yet to have this bug. :-)

Comment 8 Matt Domsch 2001-04-30 16:58:24 EDT

Wolverine beta replaces eli with elilo.  I'll open a separate bug against elilo 
if necessary.

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.