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"""
Set rEFInd as the default boot loader, using Linux's efibootmgr tool.
Copyright (c) 2016 Roderick W. Smith
Authors:
Roderick W. Smith <rodsmith@rodsbooks.com>
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, or
(at your option) any later version, as published by the Free Software
Foundation.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
"""
import os
import shlex
import shutil
import sys
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
from argparse import ArgumentParser
def discover_data():
"""Extract boot entry and boot order information.
:returns:
boot_entries, boot_order
"""
command = "efibootmgr -v"
bootinfo_bytes = (Popen(shlex.split(command), stdout=PIPE)
.communicate()[0])
bootinfo = (bootinfo_bytes.decode(encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore")
.splitlines())
boot_entries = {}
boot_order = []
if len(bootinfo) > 1:
for s in bootinfo:
if "BootOrder" in s:
try:
boot_order = s.split(":")[1].replace(" ", "").split(",")
except IndexError:
pass
else:
# On Boot#### lines, #### is characters 4-8....
hex_value = s[4:8]
# ....and the description starts at character 10
name = s[10:]
try:
# In normal efibootmgr output, only Boot#### entries
# have characters 4-8 that can be interpreted as
# hex values, so this will harmlessly error out on all
# but Boot#### entries....
int(hex_value, 16)
boot_entries[hex_value] = name
except ValueError:
pass
return boot_entries, boot_order
def add_unordered_entry(boot_entries, boot_order, label):
"""Find a rEFInd boot_entry and add it to the boot_order list.
Run if the boot_order list includes no rEFInd entry, in the
hopes of finding an existing rEFInd boot_entry that can be
used.
:param boot_entries:
Dictionary of boot entries, with string (hex-encoded number) as
key and description as value
:param boot_order:
List of boot numbers as strings, in boot order
:param label:
String used to identify rEFInd entry in efibootmgr output
:returns:
True if an entry was added, False otherwise
"""
added = False
for boot_num, description in boot_entries.items():
if label.lower() in description.lower():
print("Adding Boot{} from boot options list.".format(boot_num))
boot_order.insert(0, boot_num)
added = True
return added
def set_refind_first(boot_entries, boot_order, label):
"""Adjust boot_order so that rEFInd is first.
:param boot_entries:
Dictionary of boot entries, with string (hex-encoded number) as
key and description as value
:param boot_order:
List of boot numbers as strings, in boot order
:param label:
String used to identify rEFInd entry in efibootmgr output
:returns:
* -1 if order already OK
* 0 if order adjusted
* 3 if label was not found in available entries
"""
first_refind_number = i = -1
retval = 0
found_first_refind = ""
show_multiple_warning = True
for entry in boot_order:
i += 1
if label.lower() in boot_entries[entry].lower():
if found_first_refind:
if show_multiple_warning:
print("Found multiple {} entries! The earliest in the boot order will be made".format(label))
print("the default, but this may not be what you want. Manually checking with")
print("efibootmgr is advisable!\n")
show_multiple_warning = False
else:
found_first_refind = entry
first_refind_number = i
if first_refind_number == -1:
if not add_unordered_entry(boot_entries, boot_order, label):
print("{} was not found in the boot options list!".format(label))
print("You should create a {} entry with efibootmgr or by re-installing".format(label))
print("(with refind-install, for example)")
retval = 3
elif first_refind_number == 0:
print("{} is already the first entry".format(label))
retval = -1
elif first_refind_number > 0:
del boot_order[first_refind_number]
boot_order.insert(0, found_first_refind)
print("{} is not the first boot entry; adjusting....".format(label))
return retval
def save_changes(boot_order):
"""Save an altered boot_order.
:param boot_order:
List of boot numbers as strings, in boot order
:returns:
0 if there were no problems, 1 otherwise
"""
retval = 0
order_string = ",".join(boot_order)
command = "efibootmgr -o {}".format(order_string)
print("Setting a boot order of {}".format(order_string))
try:
Popen(shlex.split(command), stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0]
except:
print("An error occurred setting the new boot order!")
retval = 1
return retval
def main():
"""Set rEFInd as the default boot option."""
description = "Sets rEFInd as the default EFI boot option"
parser = ArgumentParser(description=description)
parser.add_argument("-L", "--label",
default="rEFInd",
help=("The label used to identify rEFInd (default=rEFInd)"))
args = parser.parse_args()
if sys.platform != "linux":
print("This program is useful only under Linux; exiting!")
return(4)
if shutil.which("efibootmgr") is None:
print("The efibootmgr utility is not installed; exiting!")
return(4)
if not os.geteuid() == 0:
print("This program must be run as root (or via sudo); exiting!")
return(4)
retval = 0
boot_entries, boot_order = discover_data()
if boot_entries == {}:
print("No EFI boot entries are available. This may indicate a firmware problem.")
retval = 2
if boot_order == []:
print("The EFI BootOrder variable is not available. This may indicate a firmware")
print("problem.")
if (retval == 0):
changed = set_refind_first(boot_entries, boot_order, args.label)
if (changed == 0):
retval = save_changes(boot_order)
else:
print("No changes saved.")
if changed > 0:
retval = changed
else:
print("No changes saved.")
return(retval)
if __name__ == '__main__':
sys.exit(main())
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