Re: GSoC 2025 / Igor Svilenkov Bozic (Introduction)

Martin Husemann <[email protected]> Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:03:57 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.installation
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 09:58:35PM +0100, Igor Svilenkov wrote:
> What needs to be done to get there (top-level guess):
> - Extension of sysinst logic for bootloader placement
> - Logic to detect and parse existing EFI entries
> - Reuse or extend the efi(8) utility functions for variable management
> - Sanity checks for BootOrder consistency
> - Safe mount/handling of existing ESPs during install
> - Possibly some new command-line flags or install options

Yes, this sounds correct and is a good start for the GSoC draft!

Martin