coreos / coreos/bootupd

support dynamically extending/adding update payloads

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Description

See this https://github.com/ondrejbudai/fedora-bootc-raspi/blob/cbff66a8bdb82b6276814765ffdb82c4ec4efa9c/bootupctl-shim#L7

Basically today the bootloader update payload is often part of the base image, but we need to support dynamically extending it with layered image content as well.


In the short term, what may suffice is to offer an explicit user-hookable phase that can copy things from the container to /boot as part of bootc install to-filesystem.

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Research direction

Start by reading the linked bootupctl-shim reference, then trace the bootc install to-filesystem flow mentioned in the issue. Determine how layered image content could extend the bootloader update payload or participate in a user-hookable phase that copies content to /boot. Done means the selected approach supports dynamically added payload content during installation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
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Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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