[lfs] branch zeckma/uefi-support updated: kernel: Add and include UEFI kernel options.

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     new 6339c03ad kernel: Add and include UEFI kernel options.
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commit 6339c03ad710855432dd9365af787d55da76c5c2
Author: Zeckmathederg <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Feb 2 21:20:33 2026 -0700

    kernel: Add and include UEFI kernel options.
---
 chapter10/kernel.xml       | 19 +++++++++----------
 chapter10/kernel/uefi.toml | 12 ++++++++++++
 chapter10/kernel/uefi.xml  | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chapter10/kernel.xml b/chapter10/kernel.xml
index 66e58f46b..8fb95d875 100644
--- a/chapter10/kernel.xml
+++ b/chapter10/kernel.xml
@@ -165,11 +165,18 @@
 
       <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
         href="kernel/nvme.xml"/>
+
+      <para>If you are booting with UEFI, adjust the kernel so it can have EFI
+      partition and runtime support, on top of supporting the DOS VFAT
+      filesystem which is needed for the EFI partition:</para>
+
+      <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+        href="kernel/uefi.xml"/>
     </note>
 
     <note revision="systemd">
-      <para>While "The IPv6 Protocol" is not strictly
-      required, it is highly recommended by the systemd developers.</para>
+      <para>While "The IPv6 Protocol" is not strictly required, it is highly
+      recommended by the systemd developers.</para>
     </note>
 
     <para>There are several other options that may be desired
@@ -178,14 +185,6 @@
     url="&lfs-root;blfs/view/&short-version;/longindex.html#kernel-config-index">BLFS
     Index of Kernel Settings</ulink>.</para>
 
-    <note>
-      <para>If your host hardware is using UEFI and you wish to boot the
-      LFS system with it, you should adjust some kernel configuration
-      following <ulink url="&blfs-book;postlfs/grub-setup.html#uefi-kernel">
-      the BLFS page</ulink> <emphasis role='bold'>even if you'll use the
-      UEFI bootloader from the host distro</emphasis>.</para>
-    </note>
-
     <variablelist>
       <title>The rationale for the above configuration items:</title>
 
diff --git a/chapter10/kernel/uefi.toml b/chapter10/kernel/uefi.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38e436912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chapter10/kernel/uefi.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# forced by !EXPERT
+BLOCK = { value = '*', forced = true }
+EFI='*'
+EFI_STUB='*'
+PARTITION_ADVANCED='* '
+EFI_PARTITION="*"
+VFAT_FS="*M"
+EFIVAR_FS="*M"
+# forced by both ACPI and PCI on a typical x86 desktop/server system
+NLS = { value = "*", forced = "*" }
+NLS_CODEPAGE_437="*M"
+NLS_ISO8859_1="*M"
diff --git a/chapter10/kernel/uefi.xml b/chapter10/kernel/uefi.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaac061c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chapter10/kernel/uefi.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE note PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
+<!-- Automatically generated by kernel-config.py
+     DO NOT EDIT! -->
+<screen role="nodump"><emphasis role='blue'>P</emphasis>rocessor type and features ---&gt;
+  [*] <emphasis role='blue'>E</emphasis>FI runtime service support                                          [EFI]
+  [*]   <emphasis role='blue'>E</emphasis>FI stub support                                              [EFI_STUB]
+
+-*- <emphasis role='blue'>E</emphasis>nable the block layer ---&gt;                                          [BLOCK]
+  <emphasis role='blue'>P</emphasis>artition Types ---&gt;
+    [ /*] <emphasis role='blue'>A</emphasis>dvanced partition selection                      [PARTITION_ADVANCED]
+    [*]     <emphasis role='blue'>E</emphasis>FI GUID Partition support                           [EFI_PARTITION]
+
+<emphasis role='blue'>F</emphasis>ile systems ---&gt;
+  <emphasis role='blue'>D</emphasis>OS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems ---&gt;
+    &lt;*/M&gt; <emphasis role='blue'>V</emphasis>FAT (Windows-95) fs support                                 [VFAT_FS]
+  <emphasis role='blue'>P</emphasis>seudo filesystems ---&gt;
+    &lt;*/M&gt; <emphasis role='blue'>E</emphasis>FI Variable filesystem                                    [EFIVAR_FS]
+  -*- N<emphasis role='blue'>a</emphasis>tive language support ---&gt;                                         [NLS]
+    &lt;*/M&gt; <emphasis role='blue'>C</emphasis>odepage 437 (United States, Canada)                [NLS_CODEPAGE_437]
+    &lt;*/M&gt; N<emphasis role='blue'>L</emphasis>S ISO 8859-1  (Latin 1; Western European Languages)  [NLS_ISO8859_1]</screen>

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