I have a proper solution and should be able to test it today. I'll send it
in tomorrow

Le jeu. 5 oct. 2023, 12:48, Oliver Steffen <ostef...@redhat.com> a écrit :

> The introduction of the new grub_guid struct which unified the three
> previously existing guid structs [1,2] causes regressions on some
> architectures [3..7].
>
> Since there is no satisfactory solution yet and I am too short on time
> to properly solve this quickly, and not to delay the release of Grub
> 2.12 any further, I propose to undo these changes and revisit the topic
> of guid data types and related functions at a later point. This would
> also give us more time for testing, on a wider set of architectures.
>
> This series reverts the unified guid struct and the introduction of the
> %pG printf format specifier, introduced by these commits:
>
>   6ad116e5f guid: Make use of GUID printf format specifier
>   f82dbf2bd kern/misc: Add a format specifier GUIDs
>   06edd40db guid: Unify GUID types
>
> It also fixes code introduced by these commits, since it makes use of
> the unified GUID struct:
>
>   e83a88f6e efi: Add grub_efi_set_variable_to_string()
>   e0fa7dc84 bli: Add a module for the Boot Loader Interface
>
> This restores the guid handling to the state from before 06edd40db,
> which has been working on all platforms for many years.
>
> Oliver
>
> bli patch series:
> [1] https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-05/msg00156.html
>
> GUID unification:
> [2] https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-05/msg00142.html
>
> Itanium trap issue:
> [3] https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-08/msg00019.html
>
> bli blank screen issue:
> [4] https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-07/msg00077.html
> [5] https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-08/msg00030.html
> [6] https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-09/msg00093.html
> [7] https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-10/msg00000.html
>
> Oliver Steffen (4):
>   bli: don't use %pG format specifier
>   Revert "guid: Make use of GUID printf format specifier"
>   Revert "kern/misc: Add a format specifier GUIDs"
>   guid: un-unifiy GUID types
>
>  grub-core/commands/acpi.c            |  4 +-
>  grub-core/commands/bli.c             | 11 +++-
>  grub-core/commands/efi/efifwsetup.c  |  4 +-
>  grub-core/commands/efi/loadbios.c    | 14 ++---
>  grub-core/commands/efi/lsefi.c       | 17 ++++--
>  grub-core/commands/efi/lsefisystab.c | 10 ++--
>  grub-core/commands/efi/lssal.c       |  4 +-
>  grub-core/commands/efi/smbios.c      | 12 ++---
>  grub-core/commands/efi/tpm.c         |  6 +--
>  grub-core/commands/probe.c           | 14 +++--
>  grub-core/disk/efi/efidisk.c         |  4 +-
>  grub-core/disk/ldm.c                 |  2 +-
>  grub-core/efiemu/i386/pc/cfgtables.c |  6 +--
>  grub-core/efiemu/main.c              |  4 +-
>  grub-core/efiemu/runtime/efiemu.c    | 14 ++---
>  grub-core/kern/efi/acpi.c            | 12 ++---
>  grub-core/kern/efi/efi.c             | 52 +++++++++++++-----
>  grub-core/kern/efi/fdt.c             |  2 +-
>  grub-core/kern/efi/init.c            |  2 +-
>  grub-core/kern/efi/sb.c              |  4 +-
>  grub-core/kern/misc.c                | 81 ++++++++--------------------
>  grub-core/loader/efi/fdt.c           |  2 +-
>  grub-core/loader/efi/linux.c         |  4 +-
>  grub-core/loader/i386/xnu.c          | 13 +++--
>  grub-core/loader/ia64/efi/linux.c    |  2 +-
>  grub-core/net/drivers/efi/efinet.c   |  4 +-
>  grub-core/partmap/gpt.c              |  4 +-
>  grub-core/term/efi/console.c         |  2 +-
>  grub-core/term/efi/serial.c          |  2 +-
>  grub-core/video/efi_gop.c            |  8 +--
>  grub-core/video/efi_uga.c            |  2 +-
>  include/grub/efi/api.h               | 64 ++++++++++++++--------
>  include/grub/efi/efi.h               | 18 +++----
>  include/grub/efiemu/efiemu.h         | 10 ++--
>  include/grub/efiemu/runtime.h        |  2 +-
>  include/grub/gpt_partition.h         | 13 ++++-
>  include/grub/types.h                 |  9 ----
>  util/grub-install.c                  |  2 +-
>  util/grub-probe.c                    |  2 +-
>  39 files changed, 238 insertions(+), 204 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.41.0
>
>
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