source: postlfs/filesystems/uefi-bootloaders/efibootmgr.xml

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY efibootmgr-download-http "https://github.com/rhboot/efibootmgr/archive/&efibootmgr-version;/efibootmgr-&efibootmgr-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY efibootmgr-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY efibootmgr-md5sum        "e170147da25e1d5f72721ffc46fe4e06">
  <!ENTITY efibootmgr-size          "48 KB">
  <!ENTITY efibootmgr-buildsize     "1.1 MB">
  <!ENTITY efibootmgr-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="efibootmgr" xreflabel="efibootmgr-&efibootmgr-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="efibootmgr.html"?>


  <title>efibootmgr-&efibootmgr-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="efibootmgr">
    <primary sortas="a-efibootmgr">efibootmgr</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to efibootmgr</title>

    <para>
      The <application>efibootmgr</application> package provides tools and
      libraries to manipulate EFI variables.
    </para>

    &lfs121_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&efibootmgr-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&efibootmgr-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &efibootmgr-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &efibootmgr-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &efibootmgr-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &efibootmgr-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">efibootmgr Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="efivar"/> and
      <xref linkend="popt"/>
    </para>


  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of efibootmgr</title>

    <para>
      Build <application>efibootmgr</application> with the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>make EFIDIR=LFS EFI_LOADER=grubx64.efi</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not have a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install EFIDIR=LFS</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <parameter>EFIDIR=LFS</parameter>:
      This option specifies the distro's subdirectory name under
      <filename class="directory">/boot/efi/EFI</filename>.
      The building system of this package needs it to be set explicitly.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>EFI_LOADER=grubx64.efi</parameter>:
      This option specifies the name of the default EFI boot loader.  It is
      set to match the EFI boot loader provided by GRUB
      <!--xref linkend="grub-efi"/-->.
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          efibootdump and efibootmgr
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="efibootdump">
        <term><command>efibootdump</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a tool to display individual UEFI boot options, from a file
            or an UEFI variable
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="efibootdump">
            <primary sortas="b-efibootdump">efibootdump</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="efibootmgr-prog">
        <term><command>efibootmgr</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a tool to manipulate the UEFI Boot Manager
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="efibootmgr efibootmgr-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-efibootmgr">efibootmgr</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>