There is no need to add multiple keymap files, because
GRUB can load keymaps from CBFS. The current build logic
is designed to avoid building multiple GRUB binaries,
which are expensive computationally because each one
would then have to be compressed for each board.
This patch provides the best of both worlds: less space
used in flash like in the old lbmk design (1 keymap per
board), but retaining the current build speeds and therefore
not re-introducing the slowness of lbmk's previous GRUB
build logic.
The grub.cfg file has been modified, accordingly. It now
only loads a keymap.gkb file from CBFS, by default. It does
this, only if that file exists; if not, GRUB already defaults
to US Qwerty layout anyway.
ALSO: compress all keymap gkb files with xz -6
GRUB automatically decompresses files when accessed.
This results in about 2KB of flash space saved in CBFS.
Here is real-world data, showing the increased flash space:
< fallback/payload 0x3eb80 simple elf 548821 none
< keymap.cfg 0xc4bc0 raw 16 none
< (empty) 0xc4c00 null 11633316 none
---
> fallback/payload 0x3eb80 simple elf 546787 none
> keymap.gkb 0xc43c0 raw 344 none
> (empty) 0xc4540 null 11635044 none
This was taken by diffing the cbfstool "print" output,
both before and after. The *after* result is with this change.
11633316. In this example, 1728 bytes have been saved. Therefore,
with compression taken into account, this patch saves about 1.7KB
of space in CBFS.
This change means that lbmk can now scale to support hundreds
of keymaps, without increasing the amount of flash space used,
in each given image. Since the keymap files are compressed in
lbmk.git, in advance, we spend no additional time on compression
at build time. The resulting change in build speed in negligible.
Adding your own keymap.gkb file was already possible, for changing
the keymap in libreboot images, if you didn't want to change the
memdisk (and thus re-compile grub.elf). Now, this is the default
behaviour, and the only way to do it. It's much more efficient.
The original keymap files can be restored, by running unxz.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
there are special menuentries just for loading
configs, without handling luks, lvm and whatnot.
it's intended for users of cd/dvd drives. well,
now we support both extlinux and grub, with this patch.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
isolinux/syslinux/extlinux config files should all work,
using the syslinux parser function in grub
the current behaviour is to only search for grub.cfg,
so extlinux users can't use the default libreboot setup.
with this change, their systems should hopefully work.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
the so-called EFI System Partition (ESP) is used
on many UEFI-based setups. some users may be
migrating to libreboot, so let's support it.
on BIOS setups, it would be e.g.
/boot/syslinux/syslinux.conf
on UEFI setups, it would be e.g.
/boot/EFI/syslinux/syslinux.conf
additionally, support scanning for extlinux.conf
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
lvm/* is slow to resolve in grub, on some machines,
because grub enumeration is very slow in general.
however, many people will install distros with any
number of lvm configurations, so we should try to
support them.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
This reverts commit 20389655e4.
If the user actually has encryption, but has /boot unencrypted,
this will considerably slow down the boot, so the patch has
been reverted.
The patch was originally meant to favour encrypted /boot
setups, but the old behaviour also still works there.
when the user sets up an encrypted machine, grub.cfg
defaults to non-encrypted setups if found, first
this patch reverses the order, deferring to
non-encrypted installations only when encrypted ones
are unavailable
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
it's been a while since we did encrypted /boot
and the current name sucks.
it's unlikely that anyone still uses it, but
people will soon
change the default assumed lvm name to grubcrypt
and stick to that.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
The pager causes trouble in some cases, where the user has
to press enter at boot time depending on the configuration.
Interactive use is one thing, but we should leave this
disabled for smoother experience. If the user *wishes* to
use the shell, they can always just enable the pager
themselves by doing:
set pager=1
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
target.cfg can now specify e.g.
grub_timeout=20
this would then be inserted as timeout.cfg in cbfs,
containing the instruction:
set timeout=20
HP laptops need a bit of extra time, due to the delay
caused by the EC bug workaround deployed in GRUB
desktops in general need extra time. this too is set to
10s, like the HP laptops.
only insert timeout.cfg if actually needed (declared in
target.cfg), otherwise grub.cfg will default to 5s
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
Leah Rowe
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