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authorplainlinen <bcdedit@hotmail.com>2022-06-09 22:38:18 -0700
committerplainlinen <bcdedit@hotmail.com>2022-06-10 22:37:32 -0700
commit39fddfa51b30769a5ff34e51fe2eedd19a81409a (patch)
treeeb253cdcf22f640f31cf41f5d463e20a9dd79480
parente51b6f61990de85a6027d7ffb45ccf7a305d8130 (diff)
Update documentation for uefi x64 grub boot modes
-rw-r--r--AUTHORS.rst1
-rw-r--r--CHANGELOG.rst1
-rw-r--r--docs/README.profile.rst11
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 3a03c0e..aa287ec 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ Archiso Authors
* Yu Li-Yu <afg984@gmail.com>
* nl6720 <nl6720@gmail.com>
* Øyvind Heggstad <heggstad@gmail.com>
+* plain linen <bcdedit@hotmail.com>
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 507bb15..1d6070a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Added
-----
- Configure the locale for the baseline profile to ``C.UTF-8`` so that a UTF-8 locale is used.
+- Add ``uefi-x64.grub.esp`` and ``uefi-x64.grub.eltorito`` boot mode to support x86_64 UEFI boot on x86_64 machines.
Changed
-------
diff --git a/docs/README.profile.rst b/docs/README.profile.rst
index a3d4309..efcb861 100644
--- a/docs/README.profile.rst
+++ b/docs/README.profile.rst
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ The image file is constructed from some of the variables in ``profiledef.sh``: `
- ``bios.syslinux.eltorito``: Syslinux for x86 BIOS booting from an optical disc
- ``uefi-ia32.grub.esp``: GRUB for IA32 UEFI booting from a disk
- ``uefi-ia32.grub.eltorito``: GRUB for IA32 UEFI booting from an optical disc
+ - ``uefi-x64.grub.esp``: GRUB for x86_64 UEFI booting from a disk
+ - ``uefi-x64.grub.eltorito``: GRUB for x86_64 UEFI booting from an optical disc
- ``uefi-x64.systemd-boot.esp``: systemd-boot for x86_64 UEFI booting from a disk
- ``uefi-x64.systemd-boot.eltorito``: systemd-boot for x86_64 UEFI booting from an optical disc
Note that BIOS El Torito boot mode must always be listed before UEFI El Torito boot mode.
@@ -168,7 +170,12 @@ The *custom template identifiers* are understood in all `.cfg` files in this dir
grub
----
-This directory is mandatory when the ``uefi-ia32.grub.esp`` or ``uefi-ia32.grub.eltorito`` bootmodes are selected in
-``profiledef.sh``.
+This directory is mandatory when any of the following bootmodes is used in ``profiledef.sh``:
+
+- ``uefi-ia32.grub.esp`` or
+- ``uefi-ia32.grub.eltorito`` or
+- ``uefi-x64.grub.esp`` or
+- ``uefi-x64.grub.eltorito``
+
It contains configuration files for `GRUB <https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/>`_
used in the resulting image.