NetBSD Problem Report #58066

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From: campbell+netbsd@mumble.net
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Subject: missing efi var/boot tools in base
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>Number:         58066
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       missing efi var/boot tools in base
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Mar 23 03:25:00 +0000 2024
>Last-Modified:  Sat Mar 23 03:30:03 +0000 2024
>Originator:     Taylor R Campbell
>Release:        current, 10
>Organization:
The NetEFI Foundation
>Environment:
>Description:
As of NetBSD 10 we have a /dev/efi interface, but no tools to operate on it, e.g. to query or set EFI variables or configure the EFI boot manager.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
FreeBSD as of 11.1 has efivar(8), efidp(8), and efibootmgr(8):

https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=efivar&manpath=FreeBSD+14.0-RELEASE+and+Ports
https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=efidp&manpath=FreeBSD+14.0-RELEASE+and+Ports
https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=efibootmgr&manpath=FreeBSD+14.0-RELEASE+and+Ports

We can probably just import those.

>Audit-Trail:
From: Taylor R Campbell <riastradh@NetBSD.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org, netbsd-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/58066: missing efi var/boot tools in base
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 03:27:57 +0000

 Looks like there's another option, based on redhat's efi tools --
 appears to have been (mostly?) ported to BSDs already:

 https://github.com/3mdeb/efivar/

 Currently in pkgsrc-wip at wip/efibootmgr and wip/efivar (but no efidp
 like FreeBSD).

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