Feature #5739

Support UEFI boot

Added by Tails 2013-07-18 07:45:26 . Updated 2014-07-22 22:58:52 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Hardware support
Target version:
Tails_1.1
Start date:
2013-10-03
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
feature/uefi
Type of work:
Code
Blueprint:

https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/UEFI

Starter:
0
Affected tool:
Deliverable for:

Description

Subtasks

Feature #6529: Add a Tails icon for rEFInd Resolved intrigeri

100
Feature #6561: Have initial UEFI support tested on a wide range of hardware Resolved intrigeri

100
Feature #6577: Convert existing Tails devices to UEFI on full upgrade Resolved

100
Feature #7059: Call for testing current UEFI experimental support Resolved intrigeri

100
Feature #7160: Use the new logo in the rEFInd icon Resolved intrigeri

100
Feature #7230: Update the most important bits of documentation wrt. UEFI support Resolved

100
Feature #7084: Persistence support on Mac Resolved

100
Feature #6242: UEFI boot on Mac without rEFInd Resolved

100
Feature #7280: Document that boot in older VirtualBox is broken in Tails 1.1 Resolved

100

Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #6563: Backport syslinux 6.x for Wheezy Rejected 2014-01-02
Related to Tails - Feature #7231: Test suite: UEFI boot Resolved 2014-07-18
Related to Tails - Feature #8471: Support 32-bit UEFI boot Resolved 2015-07-07
Blocked by Tails - Feature #5456: amd64 kernel Resolved
Blocks Tails - Feature #6560: UEFI Secure boot Resolved 2018-12-17

History

#1 Updated by akuckartz 2013-09-03 02:48:08

"Now that The Linux Foundation is a member of the UEFI.org group, I’ve been working on the procedures for how to boot a self-signed Linux kernel on a platform so that you do not have to rely on any external signing authority.

“After digging through the documentation out there, it turns out to be relatively simple in the end, so here’s a recipe for how I did this, and how you can duplicate it yourself on your own machine.”

Booting a Self-signed Linux Kernel
Greg Kroah-Hartman, 2013-09-03
http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2013/09/02/booting-a-self-signed-linux-kernel/

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2013-09-03 02:54:58

> "Now that The Linux Foundation is a member of the UEFI.org group, I’ve been working
> on the procedures for how to boot a self-signed Linux kernel on a platform so that
> you do not have to rely on any external signing authority.

> “After digging through the documentation out there, it turns out to be relatively
> simple in the end, so here’s a recipe for how I did this, and how you can duplicate
> it yourself on your own machine.”

> Booting a Self-signed Linux Kernel
> Greg Kroah-Hartman, 2013-09-03
> http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2013/09/02/booting-a-self-signed-linux-kernel/

Just so you know, this useful content would be better suited for the
blueprint. A wiki is more appropriate, to organize such input data,
than a pile of dozens of comments on a ticket. Thanks!

#3 Updated by akuckartz 2013-09-03 03:14:01

> A wiki is more appropriate, to organize such input data,
> than a pile of dozens of comments on a ticket.

That requires that the Wiki can be edited. Unfortunately I have not yet seen a reply to my mail to root@boum.org sent about a month ago regarding the broken password reset.

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2013-09-03 03:34:52

> That requires that the Wiki can be edited.

We happily take pull requests.

> Unfortunately I have not yet seen a reply to my mail to
> root@boum.org sent about a month ago regarding the broken
> password reset.

I’m sorry about that.

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2013-10-04 08:18:11

  • Category set to Hardware support
  • Starter set to No

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2013-12-21 09:09:06

  • Feature Branch set to feature/uefi

#8 Updated by intrigeri 2014-04-06 18:40:14

  • Subject changed from UEFI to Support UEFI boot

#9 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-13 08:38:22

  • Type of work changed from Upstream to Code

#10 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-13 08:48:29

#11 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-13 09:04:04

  • Target version changed from Sustainability_M1 to Tails_1.1

All subtasks were reorganized so that only the goals for 1.1 are tracked here.

#12 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-13 09:07:39

  • blocked by deleted (Feature #6242: UEFI boot on Mac without rEFInd)

#13 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-13 15:34:19

  • Assignee set to intrigeri

#14 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-26 02:14:05

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress

#15 Updated by intrigeri 2014-06-30 13:03:48

  • Assignee changed from intrigeri to sajolida
  • QA Check set to Ready for QA

#16 Updated by sajolida 2014-07-13 13:01:28

  • Status changed from In Progress to Fix committed
  • Assignee deleted (sajolida)
  • QA Check changed from Ready for QA to Pass

#17 Updated by BitingBird 2014-07-22 22:58:52

  • Status changed from Fix committed to Resolved

#18 Updated by intrigeri 2014-12-21 20:11:39