Re: grub2 uefi x86_64 standalone image feature request

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 23.12.2011 16:48, Keshav P R wrote:
> Hi,
>     Is there any way to obtain the path info from which a standalone 
> grub.efi was launched. In case of grub-mkimage uisng --prefix="" 
> results in prefix being set to the dir from which the efi app was 
> launched, but in the standalone grub.efi the prefix is 
> (memdisk)/boot/grub . In (memdisk)/boot/grub/grub.cfg I added a search 
> and configfile option that points to the external grub.cfg (in 
> <UEFISYS>/efi/grub/grub.cfg), but I don't want to hardcode the 
> grub.cfg file path in the configfile command in the memdisk grub.cfg.
>
> Is it possible to introduce a env var within grub2 (independent of 
> prefix) which gives the path (grub style) from which the grub.efi file 
> was launched by the firmware, so that I can do "configfile 
> (path_from_which_grub.efi_loaded)/grub.cfg" in 
> (memdisk)/boot/grub/grub.cfg in the standalone file. I want the 
> standalone file to be be portable, no hardcoding of path of external 
> grub.cfg file (which is editable by the user). Thanks in advance.
Patches are welcome.
> Regards.
>
> Keshav
>
>
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Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko