Post #3116348
2026-05-26 04:21 UTC
With v261 we are going full circle to some level: there's now a new command "bootctl link", which links together a UKI (aka a Type#2 entry) and a bunch of side-cars and generates a new Type #1 entry from it (or, possibly, multiple, if profiles are used).
"bootctl link" hence plays a role somehwat similar to the pre-existing "kernel-install" tool, but has a much stricter focus: it does not support any plugins, but it does support Varlink from day 1.
If you ask me when distros should…
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@pid_eins@mastodon.social 2026-05-26 04:24
…use "kernel-install" and when use "bootctl link", I'd suggest: use kernel-install on traditional package-based distros, since installing a kernel there means doing a tonload of auxiliary work on various subsystems. Use "bootctl link" on modern image-based distros, where all that work is already baked into the update images themselves. "bootctl link" is symmetric to the pre-existing "bootctl unlink". The latter removes a Type #1 entry from the ESP, and understands a concept of GC: it…