Bug#1036948: edk2: please configure a grub menu entry for efi-shell-ARCH

In an attempt to move forward, I opened a draft merge request loosely based on Lionel's patch: For now it is only a PoC limited to x64 and may be extended to other platforms if it receives positive feedback from maintainers.

Bug#1036948: edk2: please configure a grub menu entry for efi-shell-ARCH

Source: edk2 Version: 2024.05-1 Followup-For: Bug #1036948 Let me second this request. In some cases the UEFI shell is the main and the only tool to inspect the UEFI variables, DMI tables, etc. I think it would be helpful to be able to boot it from the grub menu if it is installed on the UEFI syst

Bug#1036948: edk2: please configure a grub menu entry for efi-shell-ARCH

Source: edk2 Version: 2023.02-2 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, On installation of an architecture-appropriate efi-shell-XXX package, please copy the shell into the EFI partition and configure grub2 to have a boot menu entry to enter that shell. I attach an example grup config fi