Dmitry Baryshkov
2024-07-31 01:10:01 UTC
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PermalinkVersion: 20230607+deb12u6
Severity: wishlist
This is an RFC whether it would be possible to include UEFI shell into
the debian installer media. I understand that it won't work with
SecureBoot, however under some obscure cases UEFI shell is the only (or
the easiest) way to perform some actions.
For example, on some of old Qualcomm-based laptops EFI vars are not
accessible or are read-only. Thus it is not possible to setup boot
configuration from the running Linux configuration. Being able to boot
to the shell allows us to fix such issues.
With the UEFI shell being available as the Debian package it should be
pretty simple to include it into the generated D-I media. Having it
under the Advanced / Export options would mean that it should not be
used by default, still providing a way to rescue some of the issues.
WDYT?
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With best wishes
Dmitry
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