[ebuild R ] sys-boot/grub-2.12-r1:2/2.12-r1::gentoo USE="fonts nls themes -device-mapper -doc -efiemu -libzfs -mount -sdl (-test) -truetype -verify-sig" GRUB_PLATFORMS="pc -coreboot -efi-32 -efi-64 -emu -ieee1275 (-loongson) -multiboot -qemu (-qemu-mips) -uboot -xen -xen-32 -xen-pvh" 0 KiB 'grub-install --help' says: --target=TARGET install GRUB for TARGET platform [default=x86_64-efi]; available targets: while the default should be i386-pc Portage 3.0.61 (python 3.11.7-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.0/musl, gcc-13, musl-1.2.3-r8, 6.1.53-1-lts x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-6.1.53-1-lts-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5-7200U_CPU_@_2.50GHz-with-libc KiB Mem: 12154152 total, 8502076 free KiB Swap: 0 total, 0 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:45:00 +0000 Head commit of repository gentoo: 4c82c2a0c6f8efb2389e373f567cc94936960550 sh bash 5.1_p16-r6 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.41 p5) 2.41.0 app-misc/pax-utils: 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Doesn't it runtime detect what default target to use? So this is just a quirk in the --help output?
(In reply to Ben Kohler from comment #1) > Doesn't it runtime detect what default target to use? So this is just a > quirk in the --help output? No, it is not just a --help error, by default it runs x86_64-efi and I got error
(In reply to Agostino Sarubbo from comment #2) > No, it is not just a --help error, by default it runs x86_64-efi and I got > error Installing for x86_64-efi platform. grub-install: error: cannot find EFI directory.
You're booted in EFI mode now though? And wanting it to default to pc/i386-pc?
(In reply to Ben Kohler from comment #4) > You're booted in EFI mode now though? And wanting it to default to > pc/i386-pc? Yes I booted in EFI (bios supports both uefi and legacy) and I want to install i386-pc I thought that the default depend on GRUB_PLATFORMS instead of how it was booted. If that's not the case feel free to close.
grub-install determines the default target/platform at runtime on x86(-64) systems. https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/tree/grub-core/osdep/linux/platform.c?h=grub-2.12#n136 Basically, if /sys/firmware/efi is mounted it uses EFI. Otherwise it uses PC. We set GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64 pc" in amd64 profiles to make this work either way by default.
