[PR PATCH] efibootmgr: add option to set partition number of EFI partition

[PR PATCH] efibootmgr: add option to set partition number of EFI partition

[voidlinux-github]

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There is a new pull request by ackalker against master on the void-packages repository

https://github.com/ackalker/void-packages efibootmgr-add-part-option
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/12899

efibootmgr: add option to set partition number of EFI partition
This is useful when ESP is not the first partition, for instance if it
is added after some existing partitions during switch from BIOS to
UEFI boot.

A patch file from https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/12899.patch is attached

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From 3f7ce5b3f44efd683ac8ea62b01d3f24c6682fd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alain Kalker <a.c.kalker@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 12:07:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] efibootmgr: add option to set partition number of EFI
 partition

This is useful when ESP is not the first partition, for instance if it
is added after some existing partitions during switch from BIOS to
UEFI boot.
---
 srcpkgs/efibootmgr/files/efibootmgr-kernel-hook.confd     | 2 ++
 srcpkgs/efibootmgr/files/kernel.d/efibootmgr.post-install | 3 +++
 srcpkgs/efibootmgr/template                               | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/srcpkgs/efibootmgr/files/efibootmgr-kernel-hook.confd b/srcpkgs/efibootmgr/files/efibootmgr-kernel-hook.confd
index fb704e7b2ec..374a2684882 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/efibootmgr/files/efibootmgr-kernel-hook.confd
+++ b/srcpkgs/efibootmgr/files/efibootmgr-kernel-hook.confd
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ MODIFY_EFI_ENTRIES=0
 # OPTIONS="root=/dev/sda3 loglevel=4 slub_debug=P page_poison=1"
 # Disk where EFI Partition is.  Default is /dev/sda
 # DISK="/dev/sda"
+# Partition number of EFI Partition.  Default is 1
+# PART=1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/efibootmgr/files/kernel.d/efibootmgr.post-install b/srcpkgs/efibootmgr/files/kernel.d/efibootmgr.post-install
index 55bde1bce26..adf523e7b1f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/efibootmgr/files/kernel.d/efibootmgr.post-install
+++ b/srcpkgs/efibootmgr/files/kernel.d/efibootmgr.post-install
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ args=""
 if [ "x${DISK}" != x ]; then
 	args="-d $DISK"
 fi
+if [ "x${PART}" != x ]; then
+	args="$args -p $PART"
+fi
 
 # get major version, e.g. "4.8" for "linux4.8"
 major_version=$(echo $PKGNAME | cut -c 6-)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/efibootmgr/template b/srcpkgs/efibootmgr/template
index 2545291e6c6..adcf20fcd8a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/efibootmgr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/efibootmgr/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'efibootmgr'
 pkgname=efibootmgr
 version=17
-revision=2
+revision=3
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libefivar-devel popt-devel"
 short_desc="Tool to modify UEFI Firmware Boot Manager Variables"

Re: [PR PATCH] [Merged]: efibootmgr: add option to set partition number of EFI partition

[voidlinux-github]

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There's a merged pull request on the void-packages repository

efibootmgr: add option to set partition number of EFI partition
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/12899
Description: This is useful when ESP is not the first partition, for instance if it
is added after some existing partitions during switch from BIOS to
UEFI boot.

Re: efibootmgr: add option to set partition number of EFI partition

[voidlinux-github]

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New comment by ackalker on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/12899#issuecomment-509381936
Comment:
Thanks!