On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:29:27 +0100 Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > Another issue is, of course, testing the resulting binary packages. [...] > > Any suggestions on which packages I should install and on how to create > a virtual UEFI machine with two drives where I can run the > debian-installer and install the grub-efi-amd64 packages I will build? [...] Hello again, I've been told that package ovmf [1] is needed in order to create and run a virtual UEFI machine. Unfortunately, ovmf is non-free, since the included FAT file system driver has "additional terms" that restrict redistribution and use to the implementation of (U)EFI specifications. See the Intel-Fat-Driver license in the debian/copyright file [2]. I am not aware of any DFSG-free alternative or any ovmf variant with the Intel FAT driver replaced by some BSD-licensed DFSG-free FAT driver (perhaps the FAT driver in some *BSD kernel could be adapted?). Does any of you know of such an alternative? It seems impossible that nobody else really cares... [1] https://packages.debian.org/sid/ovmf [2] http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/non-free/e/edk2/edk2_0~20160104.c2a892d7-1_copyright > P.S.: I am not subscribed to debian-efi@l.d.o [...], so please CC me > on replies. Thanks for your understanding! -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/ There's not a second to spare! To the laboratory! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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