Add extra UEFI helper functions.

Needed for next commit.

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/perl-install/common.pm b/perl-install/common.pm
index 9ac290b2d..474d34c21 100644
--- a/perl-install/common.pm
+++ b/perl-install/common.pm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use run_program;
 
 use Exporter;
 our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
-our @EXPORT = qw($SECTORSIZE N P N_ check_for_xserver files_exist formatTime MB formatXiB get_libdir get_parent_uid is_running is_uefi makedev mageia_release mageia_release_info removeXiBSuffix require_root_capability setVirtual set_alternative set_l10n_sort set_permissions to_utf8  translate unmakedev);
+our @EXPORT = qw($SECTORSIZE N P N_ check_for_xserver files_exist formatTime MB formatXiB get_libdir get_parent_uid is_running is_uefi kernel_uefi_type makedev mageia_release mageia_release_info removeXiBSuffix require_root_capability setVirtual set_alternative set_l10n_sort set_permissions to_utf8  translate uefi_type unmakedev);
 
 # perl_checker: RE-EXPORT-ALL
 push @EXPORT, @MDK::Common::EXPORT;
@@ -726,6 +726,32 @@ Checks if we are on an uefi system
 
 sub is_uefi() { -e "/sys/firmware/efi" }
 
+=item kernel_uefi_type()
+
+Returns the short name of the UEFI machine type supported by the kernel stub loader
+
+=cut
+
+sub kernel_uefi_type() {
+    # No support for ARM yet
+    arch() =~ /i.86/ ? 'ia32' : 'x64';
+}
+
+=item uefi_type()
+
+Returns the UEFI machine type short name
+
+=cut
+
+sub uefi_type() {
+    if (-e '/sys/firmware/efi/fw_platform_size') {
+	# No support for ARM yet
+	cat_('/sys/firmware/efi/fw_platform_size') =~ /32/ ? 'ia32' : 'x64';
+    } else {
+	'none';
+    }
+}
+
 =item cmp_kernel_versions($va, $vb)
 
 Compare two kernel versions