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

[Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com>]

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'?


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Maximiliano