On Mi, 10.05.23 11:20, Simo Sorce (simo@redhat.com) wrote:
It sounds reasonable for sure. The only concern is, given Microsoft creates at most 500MB ESP partitions, are we sure all UEFI systems out there will not choke on a 1GB one?
Well, I don't really think we have a reason to believe that a 1G ESP was any more problematic than a 0.1G ESP. I am not aware of any reports, and given that FAT32 is mandated by UEFI since basically always, I think there's no immediate reason to believe we are in trouble.
I think the only reasonable approach here is to pick a larger default in a development distro, and collect feedback.
Can't we reduce the number of kernels by having *only* one UKI and a rescue one that can be used to restore the previous working UKI from /root if the active one fails?
I'd kill the rescue concept as a separate kernel. Pre-compiled UKIs provided by Fedora should be comprehensive and suitable enough to be rescue images, I don't see why we need a second version of that. The only difference between a rescue boot and a regular boot should be one of parameterization, not of picking different kernel.
Lennart
-- Lennart Poettering, Berlin