Bug#1104679: systemd-boot: please implement menu entry for non-kernel bootables e.g. ipxe, memetest86+

[Luca Boccassi]

Control: tags -1 wontfix
Control: close -1

On Sun, 04 May 2025 17:44:55 +0300 =?utf-8?q?Martin-=C3=89ric_Racine?=
<martin-eric.racine at iki.fi> wrote:
> Package: systemd-boot
> Version: 257.5-2
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: martin-eric.racine at iki.fi
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Having migrated one EFI host from grub-efi to systemd-boot, I'm quite
pleased with how quickly and quietly it boots.
> 
> One caveat: it seemingly doesn't implement automated boot menu
entries for e.g. ipxe, memtes86+ the way GRUB does. It would be nice if
this were implemented.

You can add any entry you want to have by simply writing config files
to ESP/loader/entries/ - the format is defined at
https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/boot_loader_specification