Re: [PATCH docs] bootloaders: add secure boot shim example

[Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov@proxmox.com>]

On Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:14:43 +0200
Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com> wrote:

> Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov@proxmox.com> writes:
> 
> > Thanks for addressing this so quickly!
> >
> > On Thu,  2 Jul 2026 10:57:41 +0200
> > Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com> wrote:
> >  
> >> On a system that was migrated from systemd-boot to grub2 with secure
> >> boot, the entry grubx64.efi would be missing and the systemd-bootx64.efi
> >> entry would be present. If the shimx64.efi entry is not mentioned, then
> >> the docs would incorrectly imply that the system uses systemd-boot as a
> >> bootloader.
> >> 
> >> We add the shimx64.efi entry to the docs to fill this gap.
> >> 
> >> Suggested-by: Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov@proxmox.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com>
> >> ---
> >> [..]
> >>  
> > I'd rather phrase that as:
> > If the active boot entry points to `\EFI\proxmox\shimx64.efi`, then secure
> > boot is enabled. 
> > (It's not set in stone that grub is the only boot-loader that can be
> > loaded from a signed shim - at some point in the future we might have
> > systemd-boot in that list as well, and prefer that for new installs)
> >
> > alternatively we will need to rework the docs then anyways - so it's just
> > a suggestion - what do you think?  
> 
> Sounds good to me however, we do not explain which entry is the "active
> boot entry". Do I assume correctly it should be the one listed in
> 'BootCurrent'?
afaik - yes