From: Kaiyang Wu <wukaiyang2003@gmail.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Cc: Kaiyang Wu <wukaiyang@loongfans.cn>
Subject: [PATCH kernel-helper] zz-proxmox-boot: make grub EFI architecture aware
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 14:51:09 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260607065119.120120-1-wukaiyang@loongfans.cn> (raw)
Add architecture based Grub EFI bootloader detection and processing.
Signed-off-by: Kaiyang Wu <wukaiyang@loongfans.cn>
---
src/proxmox-boot/zz-proxmox-boot | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/proxmox-boot/zz-proxmox-boot b/src/proxmox-boot/zz-proxmox-boot
index 541a982..e80e2f3 100755
--- a/src/proxmox-boot/zz-proxmox-boot
+++ b/src/proxmox-boot/zz-proxmox-boot
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ elif [ -d /usr/share/doc/proxmox-backup/ ]; then
LOADER_TITLE="Proxmox Backup Server"
fi
+ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"
+
update_esps() {
if [ ! -f "${ESP_LIST}" ]; then
warn "No ${ESP_LIST} found, skipping ESP sync."
@@ -78,7 +80,16 @@ update_esp_func() {
mount -t vfat -o umask=0077 "${path}" "${mountpoint}" || \
{ warn "mount of ${path} failed - skipping"; return; }
- if [ -e "${mountpoint}/EFI/proxmox/grubx64.efi" ]; then
+ grub_efi_binary=""
+ if [ "$ARCH" = "amd64" ]; then
+ grub_efi_binary="grubx64.efi"
+ elif [ "$ARCH" = "arm64" ]; then
+ grub_efi_binary="grubaa64.efi"
+ else
+ warn "Unsupported architecture ${ARCH}"
+ fi
+
+ if [ -e "${mountpoint}/EFI/proxmox/${grub_efi_binary}" ]; then
grub=1
fi
if [ -d /sys/firmware/efi ] && [ "$grub" != 1 ]; then
@@ -235,12 +246,12 @@ check_grub_efi_package() {
return
fi
- if [ -f /usr/share/doc/grub-efi-amd64/changelog.Debian.gz ]; then
+ if [ -f /usr/share/doc/grub-efi-${ARCH}/changelog.Debian.gz ]; then
return
fi
- warn "System booted in EFI-mode but 'grub-efi-amd64' meta-package not installed!"
- warn "Install 'grub-efi-amd64' to get updates."
+ warn "System booted in EFI-mode but 'grub-efi-${ARCH}' meta-package not installed!"
+ warn "Install 'grub-efi-${ARCH}' to get updates."
}
check_grub_efi_removable_status() {
@@ -249,12 +260,21 @@ check_grub_efi_removable_status() {
return
fi
+ removable_efi_binary=""
+ if [ "$ARCH" = "amd64" ]; then
+ removable_efi_binary="BOOTX64.efi"
+ elif [ "$ARCH" = "arm64" ]; then
+ removable_efi_binary="BOOTAA64.efi"
+ else
+ warn "Unsupported architecture ${ARCH}"
+ fi
+
# no removable bootloader
- if [ ! -f "/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.efi" ]; then
+ if [ ! -f "/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/${removable_efi_binary}" ]; then
return
fi
- debconf_value="$(debconf-show --db configdb grub-efi-amd64 grub-pc | grep 'force_efi_extra_removable')"
+ debconf_value="$(debconf-show --db configdb grub-efi-${ARCH} grub-pc | grep 'force_efi_extra_removable')"
# packages already set up to install a removable copy, let's trust that it works
if echo "${debconf_value}" | grep -qE ': true$'; then
@@ -262,12 +282,12 @@ check_grub_efi_removable_status() {
fi
echo ""
- echo "Removable bootloader found at '/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.efi', but GRUB packages not set up to update it!"
+ echo "Removable bootloader found at '/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/${removable_efi_binary}', but GRUB packages not set up to update it!"
echo "Run the following command:"
echo ""
- echo "echo 'grub-efi-amd64 grub2/force_efi_extra_removable boolean true' | debconf-set-selections -v -u"
+ echo "echo 'grub-efi-${ARCH} grub2/force_efi_extra_removable boolean true' | debconf-set-selections -v -u"
echo ""
- echo "Then reinstall GRUB with 'apt install --reinstall grub-efi-amd64'"
+ echo "Then reinstall GRUB with 'apt install --reinstall grub-efi-${ARCH}'"
echo ""
}
--
2.52.0
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