bootctl: add --print-efi-architecture switch

This is extremely useful for our own test cases, since acquiring the
right EFI architecture string is otherwise a bit nasty.
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Lennart Poettering
2026-04-20 22:21:46 +02:00
committed by Lennart Poettering
parent c99e93ce0a
commit 2251f726b3
6 changed files with 32 additions and 2 deletions
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@@ -406,6 +406,15 @@
<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v254"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--print-efi-architecture</option></term>
<listitem><para>Print the EFI architecture string of the local firmware. This is useful to
generically format filenames such as <filename>boot<replaceable>x64</replaceable>.efi</filename> that
include the local firmware architecture in the name.</para>
<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v261"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--variables=yes|no|auto</option></term>
<listitem><para>Controls whether to touch the firmware's boot loader list stored in EFI variables,
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@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ _bootctl() {
[STANDALONE]='-h --help --version
-p --print-esp-path -x --print-boot-path --print-loader-path
--print-stub-path -R --print-root-device -RR
--print-efi-architecture
--no-pager --graceful -q --quiet --all-architectures
--dry-run'
[ARG]='--esp-path --boot-path --root --image --image-policy --install-source
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@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ _arguments \
'--boot-path=[Path to the $BOOT partition]:path:_directories' \
'(-p --print-esp-path)'{-p,--print-esp-path}'[Print path to the EFI system partition]' \
'(-x --print-boot-path)'{-x,--print-boot-path}'[Print path to the $BOOT partition]' \
'--print-efi-architecture[Print the EFI architecture identifier]' \
'--make-machine-id-directory=[Control creation and deletion of the top-level machine ID directory.]:options:(yes no auto)' \
'--no-pager[Do not pipe output into a pager]' \
'--graceful[Do not fail when locating ESP or writing fails]' \
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@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include "bootctl-status.h"
#include "bootctl-uki.h"
#include "bootctl-unlink.h"
#include "bootctl-util.h"
#include "build.h"
#include "devnum-util.h"
#include "dissect-image.h"
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ bool arg_print_esp_path = false;
bool arg_print_dollar_boot_path = false;
bool arg_print_loader_path = false;
bool arg_print_stub_path = false;
bool arg_print_efi_architecture = false;
unsigned arg_print_root_device = 0;
int arg_touch_variables = -1;
bool arg_install_random_seed = true;
@@ -450,6 +452,10 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[], char ***ret_args) {
arg_print_root_device++;
break;
OPTION_LONG("print-efi-architecture", NULL, "Print the local EFI architecture string"):
arg_print_efi_architecture = true;
break;
OPTION_GROUP("Options"):
break;
@@ -639,9 +645,9 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[], char ***ret_args) {
char **args = option_parser_get_args(&state);
if (!!arg_print_esp_path + !!arg_print_dollar_boot_path + (arg_print_root_device > 0) + arg_print_loader_path + arg_print_stub_path > 1)
if (!!arg_print_esp_path + !!arg_print_dollar_boot_path + (arg_print_root_device > 0) + arg_print_loader_path + arg_print_stub_path + arg_print_efi_architecture > 1)
return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
"--print-esp-path/-p, --print-boot-path/-x, --print-root-device=/-R, --print-loader-path, --print-stub-path cannot be combined.");
"--print-esp-path/-p, --print-boot-path/-x, --print-root-device=/-R, --print-loader-path, --print-stub-path, --print-efi-architecture cannot be combined.");
if ((arg_root || arg_image) && args[0] && !STR_IN_SET(args[0], "status", "list",
"install", "update", "remove", "is-installed", "random-seed", "unlink", "cleanup"))
@@ -761,6 +767,11 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
if (arg_print_loader_path || arg_print_stub_path)
return print_loader_or_stub_path();
if (arg_print_efi_architecture) {
printf("%s\n", get_efi_arch());
return 0;
}
/* Open up and mount the image */
if (arg_image) {
assert(!arg_root);
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@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extern bool arg_print_dollar_boot_path;
extern bool arg_print_loader_path;
extern bool arg_print_stub_path;
extern unsigned arg_print_root_device;
extern bool arg_print_efi_architecture;
extern int arg_touch_variables;
extern bool arg_install_random_seed;
extern PagerFlags arg_pager_flags;
@@ -101,7 +101,14 @@ basic_tests() {
testcase_bootctl_basic() {
assert_in "$(bootctl --print-esp-path)" "^(/boot/|/efi)$"
assert_in "$(bootctl --print-boot-path)" "^(/boot/|/efi)$"
bootctl --print-root-device
bootctl --print-root-device --print-root-device
bootctl --print-esp-path
bootctl --print-boot-path
bootctl --print-loader-path
bootctl --print-stub-path
bootctl --print-efi-architecture
basic_tests
}