On 24/04/2019 18:26, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Source: grub2 > Version: 2.02+dfsg1-17 > Severity: normal > User: debian-sp...@lists.debian.org > Usertags: sparc64 > > Hello! > > I have started working on switching the bootloader for debian-installer from > silo to grub-ieee1275 on sparc and sparc64. > > For that, I have looked at the corresponding code in debian-installer for > ppc64el and noticed that the configuration file build/config/ppc64el.cfg > requires a "bootinfo.txt" configuration file which is part of the > grub-ieee1275-bin package. > > Thus, in order to switch to grub-ieee1275 on sparc and sparc64, we need > to add the bootinfo.txt there as well. Could you install the bootinfo.txt > file for sparc and sparc64 as well? > > Plus, it might be a good idea to adjust the GRUB version number as well > as the name of the boot script to be a generic name like debian-installer.elf > and not powerpc.elf. > > Currently, the header of bootinfo.txt looks like this: > > <chrp-boot> > <description>grub 2.02~beta3</description> > <os-name>grub 2.02~beta3</os-name> > <boot-script>boot &device;:\boot\grub\powerpc.elf</boot-script> > <icon size=64,64 color-space=3,3,2> > > Thanks, > Adrian
Hi Adrian, For reference the CHRP bootinfo.txt isn't a configuration file, but is actually parsed by CHRP-compliant open firmwares directly - SPARC firmwares, including OpenBIOS don't support them. Can you explain why grub on SPARC is trying to access this file? ATB, Mark.
