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author | Matt Wilson <msw@amazon.com> | 2012-07-24 17:02:04 +0200 |
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committer | Matt Wilson <msw@amazon.com> | 2012-07-24 17:02:04 +0200 |
commit | 9e0de31c672fd127e6fb0c88a26eb147037a9abc (patch) | |
tree | 147961dad1a4328d54ad2ca37bd2059adcf21f86 /docs | |
parent | f2c89c53c44d9d8adbba43db6f02701c8b155383 (diff) | |
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x86/EFI: define and use EFI_DIR make variable, defaulting to /usr/lib64/efi
After commit 25594:ad08cd8e7097, EFI Xen binaries were installed to
/efi instead of /usr/lib64/efi. This patch restores the previous
behaviour established in commit 23645:638f31a30b6c.
Signed-off-by: Matt Wilson <msw@amazon.com>
Reported-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
Committed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/misc/efi.markdown | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/misc/efi.markdown b/docs/misc/efi.markdown index 652ea4d1ff..d697bc23c8 100644 --- a/docs/misc/efi.markdown +++ b/docs/misc/efi.markdown @@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ newer. Additionally, the binutils build must be configured to include support for the x86_64-pep emulation (i.e. `--enable-targets=x86_64-pep` or an option of equivalent effect should be passed to the configure script). -Once built, `make install-xen` can place the resulting binary directly into +Once built, `make install-xen` will place the resulting binary directly into the EFI boot partition, provided `EFI_VENDOR` is set in the environment (and `EFI_MOUNTPOINT` is overridden as needed, should the default of `/boot/efi` not -match your system). +match your system). The xen.efi binary will also be installed in +`/usr/lib64/efi/`, unless `EFI_DIR` is set in the environment to override this +default. The binary itself will require a configuration file (names with the `.efi` extension of the binary's name replaced by `.cfg`, and - until an existing |