The change record for this states that we are not following the BLS at https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec/ but the proposed update at https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/MatthewGarrett/BootLoaderSpec/ .
It is not clear however if everyone has moved to the new spec or whether they are now competing specs. On Mon, 25 May 2020 at 00:27, James Cassell <fedoraproj...@cyberpear.com> wrote: > > On Sun, May 24, 2020, at 7:06 PM, Paul Dufresne via devel wrote: > > Well... I will try to repeat more clearly my claim: > > > > If Fedora want to pretend to implement the Boot Loader Specification, > > it must, on a new disk formatted in GPT, end up with an entry in fstab > > for an ESP partition mounted on /boot: > > > > "These directories are defined below the placeholder file system $BOOT. > > This placeholder file system shall be determined during installation > > time, and an fstab entry for it shall be created mounting it to /boot." > > > > ... > > > > "if the OS is installed on a disk with GPT disk label, and no ESP > > partition exists yet, a new suitably sized (let's say 500MB) ESP should > > be created and should be used as $BOOT" > > > > This is the rule you are supposed end up to follow for an empty GPT > partition. > > > > And for now, the installer seems to make you define a specific > > /boot/efi that it make ESP. To follow BLS, it should be /boot that is > > the ESP partition... and I see no point to define an other /boot/efi > > partition to be mounted on /boot. > > > > I agree with your assessment and am also confused about the discrepancy > between BLS documentation and Fedora's implementation. > > > V/r, > James Cassell > > > ... > > > > "`$BOOT` must be a VFAT (16 or 32) file system. Other file system types > > should not be used. Applications accessing `$BOOT` should hence not > > assume that fancier file system features such as symlinks, hardlinks, > > access control or case sensitivity are supported." > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >
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