#30311 - efi-less grub install fails

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Subject: Re: bug#30311: efi-less grub install fails
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Hi Danny,

>> This change breaks my mips64el-linux GuixSD system, which is supported
>> by GRUB, but where "--target=i386-pc" is obviously not appropriate.  On
>> my system I need a different 'target' setting.
>
> A pretty safe workaround is to substitute /sys/firmware/efi by /sys/firmware/non-efi
> in ./grub-core/osdep/linux/platform.c for non-efi grub.

I don’t understand this patch.  How does it work?

What is the effect of replacing /sys/firmware/efi with
/sys/firmware/non-efi?

-- 
Ricardo

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#30311 efi-less grub install fails