From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: barebox@lists.infradead.org, Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/12] efi: payload: allow passing arguments to UKIs
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:48:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <179361290548.2644098.224958851316819081.b4-ty@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261026121150.455510-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
On Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:09:51 +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> UKIs look like a kernel image, but barebox doesn't detect them as one,
> which has barebox treat them as it would treat e.g. an EFI shell: An
> executable it can start, but can't pass arguments to and that it assumes
> will return to it when it exits.
>
> This doesn't hold of course as a UKI should never return execution to
> barebox.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[01/12] efi: treat EFI zboot Linux images like other EFI-stubbed kernels
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=e67ad7c31771 (link may not be stable)
[02/12] commands: devlookup: honour global.bootm.root_param for -k
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=d4724374233e (link may not be stable)
[03/12] common: bootargs: don't leave linux_bootargs dangling after free
(no commit info)
[04/12] common: bootargs: drop legacy bootargs fallback with FLEXIBLE_BOOTARGS
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=286e6c1d6a13 (link may not be stable)
[05/12] globalvar: skip empty variables in globalvar_get_match()
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=62b4e20dda74 (link may not be stable)
[06/12] efi: payload: honour bootm dryrun in the EFI application handler
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=4e99f46490a7 (link may not be stable)
[07/12] efi: payload: always shutdown barebox when booting
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=be6b9f89f48d (link may not be stable)
[08/12] efi: payload: pass shell arguments as load options to executed images
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=ede89fe2fa2a (link may not be stable)
[09/12] efi: add global.efi.bootargs for bootm'd EFI applications
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=78328bc61cbd (link may not be stable)
[10/12] Documentation: efi: describe load options handling
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=30011672ed2d (link may not be stable)
[11/12] test: py: efiloader: check global.efi.bootargs reaches the kernel
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=1ac2685e7a1d (link may not be stable)
[12/12] boot: report exit status of failing boot scripts
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=c6ca8f40798a (link may not be stable)
Best regards,
--
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-02 10:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-26 12:09 Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-26 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 01/12] efi: treat EFI zboot Linux images like other EFI-stubbed kernels Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-26 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 02/12] commands: devlookup: honour global.bootm.root_param for -k Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-26 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 03/12] common: bootargs: don't leave linux_bootargs dangling after free Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-26 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 04/12] common: bootargs: drop legacy bootargs fallback with FLEXIBLE_BOOTARGS Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-26 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 05/12] globalvar: skip empty variables in globalvar_get_match() Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-26 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 06/12] efi: payload: honour bootm dryrun in the EFI application handler Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-26 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 07/12] efi: payload: always shutdown barebox when booting Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-26 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 08/12] efi: payload: pass shell arguments as load options to executed images Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-26 12:10 ` [PATCH v3 09/12] efi: add global.efi.bootargs for bootm'd EFI applications Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-26 12:10 ` [PATCH v3 10/12] Documentation: efi: describe load options handling Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-26 12:10 ` [PATCH v3 11/12] test: py: efiloader: check global.efi.bootargs reaches the kernel Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-26 12:10 ` [PATCH v3 12/12] boot: report exit status of failing boot scripts Ahmad Fatoum
2026-11-02 9:48 ` Sascha Hauer [this message]
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