Re: GSoC 2025 / Igor Svilenkov Bozic (Introduction)

[Igor Svilenkov <svilenkov%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hi Martin,

A draft has been submitted via official GSoC Form. Here's the link to a gdrive with Commenter permissions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rm3gZunaU85IZ0ijX2k7NMeENt-g_4qH7BB4zh9Jcn4/edit?usp=sharing

On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 at 22:03, Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:

On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 09:58:35PM +0100, Igor Svilenkov wrote:
> What needs to be done to get there (top-level guess):
> - Extension of sysinst logic for bootloader placement
> - Logic to detect and parse existing EFI entries
> - Reuse or extend the efi(8) utility functions for variable management
> - Sanity checks for BootOrder consistency
> - Safe mount/handling of existing ESPs during install
> - Possibly some new command-line flags or install options

Yes, this sounds correct and is a good start for the GSoC draft!

Martin