Bug#1149629: grub-efi-arm64: release 2.16 causes Apple Silicon machines to fail to boot

[NoisyCoil]

Package: grub-efi-arm64
Version: 2.16-1
Severity: serious
Tags: upstream patch
Justification: RC
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-arm at lists.debian.org, debian-arm-apple at lists.debian.org, noisycoil at debian.org
User: debian-arm at lists.debian.org
Usertags: arm64
Control: forwarded -1 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gnu-grub/grub/-/work_items/90

Dear Maintainer,

As reported in [1,2], grub 2.16 causes Apple Silicon machines to fail to boot.
Could you please revert commit 1cae8613 [3] before uploading that version to
unstable, or wait for a version that has that commit reverted?

Cheers!


[1] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gnu-grub/grub/-/work_items/90
[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/AsahiLinux/comments/1wrh7vh/grub_216_on_arch_asahi_fails_to_boot_cannot/
[3] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gnu-grub/grub/-/commit/1cae861314f43540cde773fab8b6ed769dc5f106