From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3562E15800A for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2023 09:05:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D0C4E0897; Fri, 14 Jul 2023 09:05:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C82E6E0874 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2023 09:05:43 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <0931b9f236aef357afe8c3fd05332e0acb5a4a66.camel@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/1]: profiles/use.desc: add efi global use flag From: David Seifert To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 11:05:39 +0200 In-Reply-To: <8906de92-bf9d-70b5-903b-6d49ed6dd4af@gentoo.org> References: <8906de92-bf9d-70b5-903b-6d49ed6dd4af@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.48.4 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Archives-Salt: 6c63d826-2904-43a5-8e1c-83995eb7efe6 X-Archives-Hash: 672166155bfd26be749003ce7e129e23 On Thu, 1970-01-01 at 00:00 +0000, Andrew Ammerlaan wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > Currently we have 7 packages defining the efi flag and an additional 2 > defining the uefi flag. These flags do the same thing, add support for > (U)EFI booting. I therefore propose we introduce efi as a new global=20 > flag and later rename the uefi flag to efi in sys-apps/fwupd and=20 > sys-apps/ipmicfg. >=20 > I don't have a strong preference between the efi or uefi flags, but=20 > since a majority of the packages has chosen efi I suggest we go with > that. >=20 > Best regards, > Andrew >=20 >=20 > =C2=A0From 737eb5d8509b088f7689d417375c00773c131042 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 > 2001 > From: Andrew Ammerlaan > Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:47:55 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH 14/14] profiles/use.desc: add efi global use flag >=20 > Signed-off-by: Andrew Ammerlaan > --- > =C2=A0 profiles/use.desc | 1 + > =C2=A0 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) >=20 > diff --git a/profiles/use.desc b/profiles/use.desc > index df2115388949..ed600244f273 100644 > --- a/profiles/use.desc > +++ b/profiles/use.desc > @@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ dvb - Add support for DVB (Digital Video > Broadcasting) > =C2=A0 dvd - Add support for DVDs > =C2=A0 dvdr - Add support for DVD writer hardware (e.g. in xcdroast) > =C2=A0 eds - Enable support for Evolution-Data-Server (EDS) > +efi - Enable support the (Unified) Extensible Firmware Interface > =C2=A0 elogind - Enable session tracking via sys-auth/elogind > =C2=A0 emacs - Add support for GNU Emacs > =C2=A0 emboss - Add support for the European Molecular Biology Open > Software=20 > Suite Please switch to "uefi". UEFI is the forward going name and more aligned with how it's used commonly. It's called the "UEFI forum" that writes the UEFI spec and it's on uefi.org. A GPU needs a UEFI GOP to initialise.