sprout: version 0.0.27 (#57)

Bumps the actions-updates group with 3 updates: [step-security/harden-runner](https://github.com/step-security/harden-runner), [astral-sh/setup-uv](https://github.com/astral-sh/setup-uv) and [actions/upload-artifact](https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact).


Updates `step-security/harden-runner` from 2.13.2 to 2.14.0
- [Release notes](https://github.com/step-security/harden-runner/releases)
- [Commits](95d9a5deda...20cf305ff2)

Updates `astral-sh/setup-uv` from 7.1.2 to 7.1.6
- [Release notes](https://github.com/astral-sh/setup-uv/releases)
- [Commits](85856786d1...681c641aba)

Updates `actions/upload-artifact` from 5.0.0 to 6.0.0
- [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/releases)
- [Commits](330a01c490...b7c566a772)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: step-security/harden-runner
  dependency-version: 2.14.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
  dependency-group: actions-updates
- dependency-name: astral-sh/setup-uv
  dependency-version: 7.1.6
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-patch
  dependency-group: actions-updates
- dependency-name: actions/upload-artifact
  dependency-version: 6.0.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
  dependency-group: actions-updates
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/ci-actions.yml

@@ -25,17 +25,17 @@ jobs:
       actions: read # Needed to analyze action metadata.
     steps:
     - name: harden runner
-      uses: step-security/harden-runner@f4a75cfd619ee5ce8d5b864b0d183aff3c69b55a # v2.13.1
+      uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
       with:
         egress-policy: audit
 
     - name: checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+      uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
 
     - name: setup uv
-      uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@85856786d1ce8acfbcc2f13a5f3fbd6b938f9f41 # v7.1.2
+      uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@681c641aba71e4a1c380be3ab5e12ad51f415867 # v7.1.6
 
     - name: zizmor
       run: uvx zizmor --pedantic --format sarif . > results.sarif

.github/workflows/ci-code.yml

@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: harden runner
-      uses: step-security/harden-runner@f4a75cfd619ee5ce8d5b864b0d183aff3c69b55a # v2.13.1
+      uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
       with:
         egress-policy: audit
 
     - name: checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+      uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ jobs:
     name: 'build ${{ matrix.arch }}'
     steps:
     - name: harden runner
-      uses: step-security/harden-runner@f4a75cfd619ee5ce8d5b864b0d183aff3c69b55a # v2.13.1
+      uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
       with:
         egress-policy: audit
 
     - name: checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+      uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ jobs:
     name: 'clippy ${{ matrix.arch }}'
     steps:
     - name: harden runner
-      uses: step-security/harden-runner@f4a75cfd619ee5ce8d5b864b0d183aff3c69b55a # v2.13.1
+      uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
       with:
         egress-policy: audit
 
     - name: checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+      uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
 

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ jobs:
           build-mode: none
     steps:
     - name: harden runner
-      uses: step-security/harden-runner@f4a75cfd619ee5ce8d5b864b0d183aff3c69b55a # v2.13.1
+      uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
       with:
         egress-policy: audit
 
     - name: checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+      uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
 

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: harden runner
-      uses: step-security/harden-runner@f4a75cfd619ee5ce8d5b864b0d183aff3c69b55a # v2.13.1
+      uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
       with:
         egress-policy: audit
 
     - name: checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+      uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: 'upload artifacts'
       id: upload
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5.0.0
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
       with:
         name: artifacts
         path: target/assemble/*
@@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ jobs:
       with:
         subject-name: artifacts.zip
         subject-digest: "sha256:${{ steps.upload.outputs.artifact-digest }}"
+      if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: harden runner
-      uses: step-security/harden-runner@f4a75cfd619ee5ce8d5b864b0d183aff3c69b55a # v2.13.1
+      uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
       with:
         egress-policy: audit
 
     - name: checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+      uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
 

Cargo.lock

@@ -66,13 +66,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "edera-sprout-boot"
-version = "0.0.25"
+version = "0.0.27"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "edera-sprout-build",
  "edera-sprout-config",
  "edera-sprout-eficore",
  "hex",
+ "jaarg",
  "log",
  "sha2",
  "toml",
@@ -82,18 +83,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "edera-sprout-build"
-version = "0.0.25"
+version = "0.0.27"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "edera-sprout-config"
-version = "0.0.25"
+version = "0.0.27"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "edera-sprout-eficore"
-version = "0.0.25"
+version = "0.0.27"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bitflags",
@@ -121,10 +122,16 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "libc"
+name = "jaarg"
-version = "0.2.177"
+version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2874a2af47a2325c2001a6e6fad9b16a53b802102b528163885171cf92b15976"
+checksum = "534d589df1ef528a238f4bc4b1db081a1280f3aedf2695fd8971e9853a7fa4f6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libc"
+version = "0.2.178"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37c93d8daa9d8a012fd8ab92f088405fb202ea0b6ab73ee2482ae66af4f42091"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
@@ -137,9 +144,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.28"
+version = "0.4.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "34080505efa8e45a4b816c349525ebe327ceaa8559756f0356cba97ef3bf7432"
+checksum = "5e5032e24019045c762d3c0f28f5b6b8bbf38563a65908389bf7978758920897"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
@@ -217,9 +224,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_spanned"
-version = "1.0.3"
+version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e24345aa0fe688594e73770a5f6d1b216508b4f93484c0026d521acd30134392"
+checksum = "f8bbf91e5a4d6315eee45e704372590b30e260ee83af6639d64557f51b067776"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_core",
 ]
@@ -252,9 +259,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.110"
+version = "2.0.111"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a99801b5bd34ede4cf3fc688c5919368fea4e4814a4664359503e6015b280aea"
+checksum = "390cc9a294ab71bdb1aa2e99d13be9c753cd2d7bd6560c77118597410c4d2e87"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -263,9 +270,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
-version = "0.9.8"
+version = "0.9.10+spec-1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f0dc8b1fb61449e27716ec0e1bdf0f6b8f3e8f6b05391e8497b8b6d7804ea6d8"
+checksum = "0825052159284a1a8b4d6c0c86cbc801f2da5afd2b225fa548c72f2e74002f48"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_core",
  "serde_spanned",
@@ -276,18 +283,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_datetime"
-version = "0.7.3"
+version = "0.7.5+spec-1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f2cdb639ebbc97961c51720f858597f7f24c4fc295327923af55b74c3c724533"
+checksum = "92e1cfed4a3038bc5a127e35a2d360f145e1f4b971b551a2ba5fd7aedf7e1347"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_parser"
-version = "1.0.4"
+version = "1.0.6+spec-1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c0cbe268d35bdb4bb5a56a2de88d0ad0eb70af5384a99d648cd4b3d04039800e"
+checksum = "a3198b4b0a8e11f09dd03e133c0280504d0801269e9afa46362ffde1cbeebf44"
 dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
@@ -364,6 +371,6 @@ checksum = "0b928f33d975fc6ad9f86c8f283853ad26bdd5b10b7f1542aa2fa15e2289105a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.7.13"
+version = "0.7.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "21a0236b59786fed61e2a80582dd500fe61f18b5dca67a4a067d0bc9039339cf"
+checksum = "5a5364e9d77fcdeeaa6062ced926ee3381faa2ee02d3eb83a5c27a8825540829"

Cargo.toml

@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ resolver = "3"
 
 [workspace.package]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
-version = "0.0.25"
+version = "0.0.27"
 homepage = "https://sprout.edera.dev"
 repository = "https://github.com/edera-dev/sprout"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 bitflags = "2.10.0"
-log = "0.4.28"
+log = "0.4.29"
 spin = "0.10.0"
 uefi-raw = "0.13.0"
 
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ version = "0.4.3"
 default-features = false
 features = ["alloc"]
 
+[workspace.dependencies.jaarg]
+version = "0.2.2"
+default-features = false
+features = ["alloc"]
+
 [workspace.dependencies.serde]
 version = "1.0.228"
 default-features = false
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 default-features = false
 
 [workspace.dependencies.toml]
-version = "0.9.8"
+version = "0.9.10"
 default-features = false
 features = ["serde", "parse"]
 

Dockerfile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ARG RUST_PROFILE=release
 ARG RUST_TARGET_SUBDIR=release
 
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM rust:1.91.1-alpine@sha256:fbcca3e30e26f79986809d5dbfcdbeaaf8d3f8a4475b7a19a973363b45c74d97 AS build
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM rust:1.92.0-alpine@sha256:f6c22e0a256c05d44fca23bf530120b5d4a6249a393734884281ca80782329bc AS build
 RUN apk --no-cache add musl-dev busybox-static
 ARG RUST_PROFILE
 RUN adduser -S -s /bin/sh build

crates/boot/Cargo.toml

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ anyhow.workspace = true
 edera-sprout-config.path = "../config"
 edera-sprout-eficore.path = "../eficore"
 hex.workspace = true
+jaarg.workspace = true
 sha2.workspace = true
 toml.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true

crates/boot/src/actions/chainload.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::context::SproutContext;
+use crate::phases::before_handoff;
 use crate::utils;
 use alloc::boxed::Box;
 use alloc::rc::Rc;
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@ use eficore::loader::source::ImageSource;
 use eficore::loader::{ImageLoadRequest, ImageLoader};
 use eficore::media_loader::MediaLoaderHandle;
 use eficore::media_loader::constants::linux::LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID;
-use log::error;
 use uefi::CString16;
 use uefi::proto::loaded_image::LoadedImage;
 
@@ -88,25 +88,25 @@ pub fn chainload(context: Rc<SproutContext>, configuration: &ChainloadConfigurat
     BootloaderInterface::mark_exec(context.root().timer())
         .context("unable to mark execution of boot entry in bootloader interface")?;
 
+    // Since we are about to hand off control to another image, we need to execute the handoff hook.
+    // This will perform operations like clearing the screen.
+    before_handoff(&context).context("unable to execute before handoff hook")?;
+
     // Start the loaded image.
     // This call might return, or it may pass full control to another image that will never return.
     // Capture the result to ensure we can return an error if the image fails to start, but only
     // after the optional initrd has been unregistered.
     let result = uefi::boot::start_image(*image.handle());
 
-    // Unregister the initrd if it was registered.
-    if let Some(initrd_handle) = initrd_handle
-        && let Err(error) = initrd_handle.unregister()
-    {
-        error!("unable to unregister linux initrd: {}", error);
-    }
-
     // Assert there was no error starting the image.
     result.context("unable to start image")?;
 
     // Explicitly drop the options to clarify the lifetime.
     drop(options);
 
+    // Explicitly drop the initrd handle to clarify when it should be unregistered.
+    drop(initrd_handle);
+
     // Return control to sprout.
     Ok(())
 }

crates/boot/src/actions/edera.rs

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ use eficore::media_loader::{
         XEN_EFI_CONFIG_MEDIA_GUID, XEN_EFI_KERNEL_MEDIA_GUID, XEN_EFI_RAMDISK_MEDIA_GUID,
     },
 };
-use log::error;
 use uefi::Guid;
 
 /// Builds a configuration string for the Xen EFI stub using the specified `configuration`.
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ pub fn edera(context: Rc<SproutContext>, configuration: &EderaConfiguration) ->
     )
     .context("unable to register kernel media loader")?;
 
-    // Create a vector of media loaders to unregister on error.
+    // Create a vector of media loaders to drop them only after this function completes.
     let mut media_loaders = vec![config, kernel];
 
     // Register the initrd if it is provided.
@@ -127,12 +126,8 @@ pub fn edera(context: Rc<SproutContext>, configuration: &EderaConfiguration) ->
     )
     .context("unable to chainload to xen");
 
-    // Unregister the media loaders when an error happens.
+    // Explicitly drop the media loaders to clarify when they should be unregistered.
-    for media_loader in media_loaders {
+    drop(media_loaders);
-        if let Err(error) = media_loader.unregister() {
-            error!("unable to unregister media loader: {}", error);
-        }
-    }
 
     result
 }

crates/boot/src/autoconfigure/linux.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use crate::utils;
-use crate::utils::vercmp;
 use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
 use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ const LINUX_CHAINLOAD_ACTION_PREFIX: &str = "linux-chainload-";
 const SCAN_LOCATIONS: &[&str] = &["\\boot", "\\"];
 
 /// Prefixes of kernel files to scan for.
-const KERNEL_PREFIXES: &[&str] = &["vmlinuz"];
+const KERNEL_PREFIXES: &[&str] = &["vmlinuz", "Image"];
 
 /// Prefixes of initramfs files to match to.
 const INITRAMFS_PREFIXES: &[&str] = &["initramfs", "initrd", "initrd.img"];
@@ -37,9 +36,9 @@ const INITRAMFS_PREFIXES: &[&str] = &["initramfs", "initrd", "initrd.img"];
 /// and then uses that code improperly by asserting that the pointer is non-null.
 /// To give a good user experience, we place a placeholder value here to ensure it's non-empty.
 /// For stubble, this code ensures the command line pointer becomes null:
-/// https://github.com/ubuntu/stubble/blob/e56643979addfb98982266018e08921c07424a0c/stub.c#L61-L64
+/// <https://github.com/ubuntu/stubble/blob/e56643979addfb98982266018e08921c07424a0c/stub.c#L61-L64>
 /// Then this code asserts on it, stopping the boot process:
-/// https://github.com/ubuntu/stubble/blob/e56643979addfb98982266018e08921c07424a0c/stub.c#L27
+/// <https://github.com/ubuntu/stubble/blob/e56643979addfb98982266018e08921c07424a0c/stub.c#L27>
 const DEFAULT_LINUX_OPTIONS: &str = "placeholder";
 
 /// Pair of kernel and initramfs.
@@ -186,17 +185,15 @@ pub fn scan(
         return Ok(false);
     }
 
-    // Sort the kernel pairs by kernel version, if it has one, newer kernels first.
-    pairs.sort_by(|a, b| vercmp::compare_versions(&a.kernel, &b.kernel).reverse());
-
     // Generate a unique name for the linux chainload action.
-    let chainload_action_name = format!("{}{}", LINUX_CHAINLOAD_ACTION_PREFIX, root_unique_hash,);
+    let chainload_action_name = format!("{}{}", LINUX_CHAINLOAD_ACTION_PREFIX, root_unique_hash);
 
     // Kernel pairs are detected, generate a list configuration for it.
     let generator = ListConfiguration {
         entry: EntryDeclaration {
             title: "Boot Linux $name".to_string(),
             actions: vec![chainload_action_name.clone()],
+            sort_key: Some("$kernel".to_string()),
             ..Default::default()
         },
         values: pairs

crates/boot/src/autoconfigure/windows.rs

@@ -51,13 +51,14 @@ pub fn scan(
     let chainload_action_name = format!("{}{}", WINDOWS_CHAINLOAD_ACTION_PREFIX, root_unique_hash,);
 
     // Generate an entry name for Windows.
-    let entry_name = format!("auto-windows-{}", root_unique_hash,);
+    let entry_name = format!("auto-windows-{}", root_unique_hash);
 
     // Create an entry for Windows and insert it into the configuration.
     let entry = EntryDeclaration {
         title: "Boot Windows".to_string(),
         actions: vec![chainload_action_name.clone()],
         values: Default::default(),
+        sort_key: None, // Use the default sort key.
     };
     config.entries.insert(entry_name, entry);
 

crates/boot/src/entries.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub struct BootableEntry {
     declaration: EntryDeclaration,
     default: bool,
     pin_name: bool,
+    sort_key: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl BootableEntry {
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ impl BootableEntry {
             declaration,
             default: false,
             pin_name: false,
+            sort_key: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -93,10 +95,36 @@ impl BootableEntry {
     }
 
     /// Determine if this entry matches `needle` by comparing to the name or title of the entry.
+    /// If `needle` ends with *, we will match a partial match.
     pub fn is_match(&self, needle: &str) -> bool {
+        // If the needle ends with '*', we will accept a partial match.
+        if needle.ends_with("*") {
+            // Strip off any '*' at the end.
+            let partial = needle.trim_end_matches("*");
+            // Check if the name or title start with the partial match.
+            return self.name.starts_with(partial) || self.title.starts_with(partial);
+        }
+
+        // Standard quality matching rules.
         self.name == needle || self.title == needle
     }
 
+    /// Set the sort key of the entry. This is used to sort entries via version comparison.
+    pub fn set_sort_key(&mut self, sort_key: String) {
+        self.sort_key = Some(sort_key);
+    }
+
+    /// Retrieve a reference to the sort key of the entry. If one is not specified, we will use the
+    /// name of the entry.
+    pub fn sort_key(&self) -> &str {
+        // Use the sort key specified in the bootable entry, or use the declaration sort key,
+        // or use the name of the entry.
+        self.sort_key
+            .as_deref()
+            .or(self.declaration.sort_key.as_deref())
+            .unwrap_or(&self.name)
+    }
+
     /// Find an entry by `needle` inside the entry iterator `haystack`.
     /// This will search for an entry by name, title, or index.
     pub fn find<'a>(

crates/boot/src/generators/bls.rs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ fn quirk_initrd_remove_tuned(input: String) -> String {
 }
 
 /// Sorts two entries according to the BLS sort system.
-/// Reference: https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/boot_loader_specification/#sorting
+/// Reference: <https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/boot_loader_specification/#sorting>
 fn sort_entries(a: &(BlsEntry, BootableEntry), b: &(BlsEntry, BootableEntry)) -> Ordering {
     // Grab the components of both entries.
     let (a_bls, a_boot) = a;
@@ -206,6 +206,16 @@ pub fn generate(context: Rc<SproutContext>, bls: &BlsConfiguration) -> Result<Ve
     // Sort all the entries according to the BLS sort system.
     entries.sort_by(sort_entries);
 
+    // Grab the number of entries that we have, so we can calculate a reverse index.
+    let entry_count = entries.len();
+
+    // Set the sort keys of all the bootable entries to a semi-unique prefix + the BLS sort order.
+    // The final comparison happens using version comparison, so this will sort
+    // things properly.
+    for (idx, (_bls, boot)) in entries.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+        boot.set_sort_key(format!("bls-{}-{}", path, entry_count - idx - 1));
+    }
+
     // Collect all the bootable entries and return them.
     Ok(entries.into_iter().map(|(_, boot)| boot).collect())
 }

crates/boot/src/main.rs

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ extern crate alloc;
 use crate::context::{RootContext, SproutContext};
 use crate::entries::BootableEntry;
 use crate::options::SproutOptions;
-use crate::options::parser::OptionsRepresentable;
 use crate::phases::phase;
+use crate::utils::vercmp::compare_versions;
 use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
 use alloc::format;
 use alloc::string::ToString;
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
         }
     }
 
+    // Sort the entries by their sort key, finalizing the order to show entries. This happens
+    // in reverse order so that entries that would come last show up first in the menu.
+    entries.sort_by(|a, b| compare_versions(a.sort_key(), b.sort_key()).reverse());
+
     // Tell the bootloader interface what entries are available.
     BootloaderInterface::set_entries(entries.iter().map(|entry| entry.name()))
         .context("unable to set entries in bootloader interface")?;

crates/boot/src/options.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-use crate::options::parser::{OptionDescription, OptionForm, OptionsRepresentable};
-use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
 use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
-use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
+use anyhow::Result;
-
+use core::ptr::null_mut;
-/// The Sprout options parser.
+use jaarg::{
-pub mod parser;
+    ErrorUsageWriter, ErrorUsageWriterContext, HelpWriter, HelpWriterContext, Opt, Opts,
+    ParseControl, ParseResult, StandardErrorUsageWriter, StandardFullHelpWriter,
+};
+use log::{error, info};
+use uefi_raw::Status;
 
 /// Default configuration file path.
 const DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH: &str = "\\sprout.toml";
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ pub struct SproutOptions {
     pub force_menu: bool,
     /// The timeout for the boot menu in seconds.
     pub menu_timeout: Option<u64>,
+    /// Retains the boot console before boot.
+    pub retain_boot_console: bool,
 }
 
 /// The default Sprout options.
@@ -33,102 +37,106 @@ impl Default for SproutOptions {
             boot: None,
             force_menu: false,
             menu_timeout: None,
+            retain_boot_console: false,
         }
     }
 }
 
 /// The options parser mechanism for Sprout.
-impl OptionsRepresentable for SproutOptions {
+impl SproutOptions {
-    /// Produce the [SproutOptions] structure.
+    /// Produces [SproutOptions] from the arguments provided by the UEFI core.
-    type Output = Self;
+    /// Internally, we use the `jaarg` argument parser which has excellent no_std support.
+    pub fn parse() -> Result<Self> {
+        enum ArgID {
+            Help,
+            AutoConfigure,
+            Config,
+            Boot,
+            ForceMenu,
+            MenuTimeout,
+            RetainBootConsole,
+        }
 
-    /// All the Sprout options that are defined.
+        // All the options for the Sprout executable.
-    fn options() -> &'static [(&'static str, OptionDescription<'static>)] {
+        const OPTIONS: Opts<ArgID> = Opts::new(&[
-        &[
+            Opt::help_flag(ArgID::Help, &["--help"]).help_text("Display Sprout Help"),
-            (
+            Opt::flag(ArgID::AutoConfigure, &["--autoconfigure"])
-                "autoconfigure",
+                .help_text("Enable Sprout autoconfiguration"),
-                OptionDescription {
+            Opt::value(ArgID::Config, &["--config"], "PATH")
-                    description: "Enable Sprout Autoconfiguration",
+                .help_text("Path to Sprout configuration file"),
-                    form: OptionForm::Flag,
+            Opt::value(ArgID::Boot, &["--boot"], "ENTRY")
-                },
+                .help_text("Entry to boot, bypassing the menu"),
-            ),
+            Opt::flag(ArgID::ForceMenu, &["--force-menu"]).help_text("Force showing the boot menu"),
-            (
+            Opt::value(ArgID::MenuTimeout, &["--menu-timeout"], "TIMEOUT")
-                "config",
+                .help_text("Boot menu timeout, in seconds"),
-                OptionDescription {
+            Opt::flag(ArgID::RetainBootConsole, &["--retain-boot-console"])
-                    description: "Path to Sprout configuration file",
+                .help_text("Retain boot console before boot"),
-                    form: OptionForm::Value,
+        ]);
-                },
+
-            ),
+        // Acquire the arguments as determined by the UEFI core.
-            (
+        let args = eficore::env::args()?;
-                "boot",
-                OptionDescription {
-                    description: "Entry to boot, bypassing the menu",
-                    form: OptionForm::Value,
-                },
-            ),
-            (
-                "force-menu",
-                OptionDescription {
-                    description: "Force showing of the boot menu",
-                    form: OptionForm::Flag,
-                },
-            ),
-            (
-                "menu-timeout",
-                OptionDescription {
-                    description: "Boot menu timeout, in seconds",
-                    form: OptionForm::Value,
-                },
-            ),
-            (
-                "help",
-                OptionDescription {
-                    description: "Display Sprout Help",
-                    form: OptionForm::Help,
-                },
-            ),
-        ]
-    }
 
-    /// Produces [SproutOptions] from the parsed raw `options` map.
-    fn produce(options: BTreeMap<String, Option<String>>) -> Result<Self> {
         // Use the default value of sprout options and have the raw options be parsed into it.
         let mut result = Self::default();
 
-        for (key, value) in options {
+        // Parse the OPTIONS into a map using jaarg.
-            match key.as_str() {
+        match OPTIONS.parse(
-                "autoconfigure" => {
+            "sprout",
-                    // Enable autoconfiguration.
+            args.iter(),
-                    result.autoconfigure = true;
+            |program_name, id, _opt, _name, value| {
+                match id {
+                    ArgID::AutoConfigure => {
+                        // Enable autoconfiguration.
+                        result.autoconfigure = true;
+                    }
+                    ArgID::Config => {
+                        // The configuration file to load.
+                        result.config = value.into();
+                    }
+                    ArgID::Boot => {
+                        // The entry to boot.
+                        result.boot = Some(value.into());
+                    }
+                    ArgID::ForceMenu => {
+                        // Force showing of the boot menu.
+                        result.force_menu = true;
+                    }
+                    ArgID::MenuTimeout => {
+                        // The timeout for the boot menu in seconds.
+                        result.menu_timeout = Some(value.parse::<u64>()?);
+                    }
+                    ArgID::RetainBootConsole => {
+                        // Retain the boot console before booting.
+                        result.retain_boot_console = true;
+                    }
+                    ArgID::Help => {
+                        let ctx = HelpWriterContext {
+                            options: &OPTIONS,
+                            program_name,
+                        };
+                        info!("{}", StandardFullHelpWriter::new(ctx));
+                        return Ok(ParseControl::Quit);
+                    }
                 }
+                Ok(ParseControl::Continue)
+            },
+            |program_name, error| {
+                let ctx = ErrorUsageWriterContext {
+                    options: &OPTIONS,
+                    program_name,
+                    error,
+                };
+                error!("{}", StandardErrorUsageWriter::new(ctx));
+            },
+        ) {
+            ParseResult::ContinueSuccess => Ok(result),
+            ParseResult::ExitSuccess => unsafe {
+                uefi::boot::exit(uefi::boot::image_handle(), Status::SUCCESS, 0, null_mut());
+            },
 
-                "config" => {
+            ParseResult::ExitError => unsafe {
-                    // The configuration file to load.
+                uefi::boot::exit(uefi::boot::image_handle(), Status::ABORTED, 0, null_mut());
-                    result.config = value.context("--config option requires a value")?;
+            },
-                }
-
-                "boot" => {
-                    // The entry to boot.
-                    result.boot = Some(value.context("--boot option requires a value")?);
-                }
-
-                "force-menu" => {
-                    // Force showing of the boot menu.
-                    result.force_menu = true;
-                }
-
-                "menu-timeout" => {
-                    // The timeout for the boot menu in seconds.
-                    let value = value.context("--menu-timeout option requires a value")?;
-                    let value = value
-                        .parse::<u64>()
-                        .context("menu-timeout must be a number")?;
-                    result.menu_timeout = Some(value);
-                }
-
-                _ => bail!("unknown option: --{key}"),
-            }
         }
-        Ok(result)
     }
 }

crates/boot/src/options/parser.rs

@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
-use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
-use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
-use core::ptr::null_mut;
-use eficore::env;
-use log::info;
-use uefi_raw::Status;
-
-/// The type of option. This disambiguates different behavior
-/// of how options are handled.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub enum OptionForm {
-    /// A flag, like --verbose.
-    Flag,
-    /// A value, in the form --abc 123 or --abc=123.
-    Value,
-    /// Help flag, like --help.
-    Help,
-}
-
-/// The description of an option, used in the option parser
-/// to make decisions about how to progress.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct OptionDescription<'a> {
-    /// The description of the option.
-    pub description: &'a str,
-    /// The type of option to parse as.
-    pub form: OptionForm,
-}
-
-/// Represents a type that can be parsed from command line arguments.
-/// This is a super minimal options parser mechanism just for Sprout.
-pub trait OptionsRepresentable {
-    /// The output type that parsing will produce.
-    type Output;
-
-    /// The configured options for this type. This should describe all the options
-    /// that are valid to produce the type. The left-hand side is the name of the option,
-    /// and the right-hand side is the description.
-    fn options() -> &'static [(&'static str, OptionDescription<'static>)];
-
-    /// Produces the type by taking the `options` and processing it into the output.
-    fn produce(options: BTreeMap<String, Option<String>>) -> Result<Self::Output>;
-
-    /// For minimalism, we don't want a full argument parser. Instead, we use
-    /// a simple --xyz = xyz: None and --abc 123 = abc: Some("123") format.
-    /// We also support the format: --abc=123
-    fn parse_raw() -> Result<BTreeMap<String, Option<String>>> {
-        // Access the configured options for this type.
-        let configured: BTreeMap<_, _> = BTreeMap::from_iter(Self::options().to_vec());
-
-        // Collect all the arguments to Sprout.
-        // Skip the first argument, which is the path to our executable.
-        let args = env::args()?;
-
-        // Represent options as key-value pairs.
-        let mut options = BTreeMap::new();
-
-        // Iterators makes this way easier.
-        let mut iterator = args.into_iter().peekable();
-
-        loop {
-            // Consume the next option, if any.
-            let Some(option) = iterator.next() else {
-                break;
-            };
-
-            // If the option doesn't start with --, that is invalid.
-            if !option.starts_with("--") {
-                bail!("invalid option: {option}");
-            }
-
-            // Strip the -- prefix off.
-            let mut option = option["--".len()..].trim().to_string();
-
-            // An optional value.
-            let mut value = None;
-
-            // Check if the option is of the form --abc=123
-            if let Some((part_key, part_value)) = option.split_once('=') {
-                let part_key = part_key.to_string();
-                let part_value = part_value.to_string();
-                option = part_key;
-                value = Some(part_value);
-            }
-
-            // Error on empty option names.
-            if option.is_empty() {
-                bail!("invalid empty option");
-            }
-
-            // Find the description of the configured option, if any.
-            let Some(description) = configured.get(option.as_str()) else {
-                bail!("invalid option: --{option}");
-            };
-
-            // Check if the option requires a value and error if none was provided.
-            if description.form == OptionForm::Value && value.is_none() {
-                // Check for the next value.
-                let maybe_next = iterator.peek();
-
-                // If the next value isn't another option, set the value to the next value.
-                // Otherwise, it is None.
-                value = if let Some(next) = maybe_next
-                    && !next.starts_with("--")
-                {
-                    iterator.next()
-                } else {
-                    None
-                };
-            }
-
-            // If the option form does not support a value and there is a value, error.
-            if description.form != OptionForm::Value && value.is_some() {
-                bail!("option --{} does not take a value", option);
-            }
-
-            // Handle the --help flag case.
-            if description.form == OptionForm::Help {
-                // Generic configured options output.
-                info!("Configured Options:");
-                for (name, description) in &configured {
-                    info!(
-                        "  --{}{}: {}",
-                        name,
-                        if description.form == OptionForm::Value {
-                            " <value>"
-                        } else {
-                            ""
-                        },
-                        description.description
-                    );
-                }
-                // Exit because the help has been displayed.
-                unsafe {
-                    uefi::boot::exit(uefi::boot::image_handle(), Status::SUCCESS, 0, null_mut());
-                };
-            }
-
-            // Insert the option and the value into the map.
-            options.insert(option, value);
-        }
-        Ok(options)
-    }
-
-    /// Parses the program arguments as a [Self::Output], calling [Self::parse_raw] and [Self::produce].
-    fn parse() -> Result<Self::Output> {
-        // Parse the program arguments into a raw map.
-        let options = Self::parse_raw().context("unable to parse options")?;
-        // Produce the options from the map.
-        Self::produce(options)
-    }
-}

crates/boot/src/phases.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use edera_sprout_config::phases::PhaseConfiguration;
 
 /// Executes the specified [phase] of the boot process.
-/// The value [phase] should be a reference of a specific phase in the [PhasesConfiguration].
+/// The value [phase] should be a reference of a specific phase in the `PhasesConfiguration`.
 /// Any error from the actions is propagated into the [Result] and will interrupt further
 /// execution of phase actions.
 pub fn phase(context: Rc<SproutContext>, phase: &[PhaseConfiguration]) -> Result<()> {
@@ -24,3 +24,18 @@ pub fn phase(context: Rc<SproutContext>, phase: &[PhaseConfiguration]) -> Result
     }
     Ok(())
 }
+
+/// Manual hook called by code in the bootloader that hands off to another image.
+/// This is used to perform actions like clearing the screen.
+pub fn before_handoff(context: &SproutContext) -> Result<()> {
+    // If we have not been asked to retain the boot console, then we should clear the screen.
+    if !context.root().options().retain_boot_console {
+        // Clear the screen. We use clear here instead of reset because some firmware,
+        // particularly Dell firmware, does not clear the screen on reset.
+        // We clear both stdout and stderr because it's not guaranteed that they are the same
+        // text output.
+        uefi::system::with_stdout(|stdout| stdout.clear()).context("unable to clear screen")?;
+        uefi::system::with_stderr(|stderr| stderr.clear()).context("unable to clear screen")?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}

crates/boot/src/utils/vercmp.rs

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub fn compare_versions_optional(a: Option<&str>, b: Option<&str>) -> Ordering {
 }
 
 /// Compares two strings using the BLS version comparison specification.
-/// See: https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/version_format_specification/
+/// See: <https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/version_format_specification/>
 pub fn compare_versions(a: &str, b: &str) -> Ordering {
     // Acquire a peekable iterator for each string.
     let mut a_chars = a.chars().peekable();

crates/build/src/sbat.template.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /// Define the SBAT attestation by including the sbat.csv file.
-/// See this document for more details: https://github.com/rhboot/shim/blob/main/SBAT.md
+/// See this document for more details: <https://github.com/rhboot/shim/blob/main/SBAT.md>
 /// NOTE: This data must be aligned by 512 bytes.
 #[used]
 #[unsafe(link_section = ".sbat")]

crates/config/src/actions/chainload.rs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub struct ChainloadConfiguration {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub options: Vec<String>,
     /// An optional path to a Linux initrd.
-    /// This uses the [LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID] mechanism to load the initrd into the EFI stack.
+    /// This uses the `LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID` mechanism to load the initrd into the EFI stack.
     /// For Linux, you can also use initrd=\path\to\initrd as an option, but this option is
     /// generally better and safer as it can support additional load options in the future.
     #[serde(default, rename = "linux-initrd")]

crates/config/src/entries.rs

@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ pub struct EntryDeclaration {
     /// The values to insert into the context when the entry is selected.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub values: BTreeMap<String, String>,
+    /// The key to sort entries, via version comparison.
+    #[serde(default, rename = "sort-key")]
+    pub sort_key: Option<String>,
 }

crates/config/src/lib.rs

@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ pub struct RootConfiguration {
 /// Options configuration for Sprout, used when the corresponding options are not specified.
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Default, Clone)]
 pub struct OptionsConfiguration {
-    /// The entry to boot without showing the boot menu.
+    /// The entry to mark as the default entry, instead of the first entry.
-    /// If not specified, a boot menu is shown.
     #[serde(rename = "default-entry", default)]
     pub default_entry: Option<String>,
     /// The timeout of the boot menu.

crates/eficore/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-//! Sprout EFI Core.
+//! Sprout EFI core.
-//! This crate provides tools for working with the EFI environment.
+//! This crate provides core EFI functionality for Sprout.
+
+// For some reason this triggers, and I can't figure out why.
+#![allow(rustdoc::bare_urls)]
 #![no_std]
 extern crate alloc;
 

crates/eficore/src/media_loader.rs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
 use core::ffi::c_void;
 use core::ptr;
+use log::error;
 use uefi::proto::device_path::DevicePath;
 use uefi::proto::device_path::build::DevicePathBuilder;
 use uefi::proto::device_path::build::media::Vendor;
@@ -33,8 +34,7 @@ struct MediaLoaderProtocol {
 }
 
 /// Represents a media loader which has been registered in the UEFI stack.
-/// You MUST call [MediaLoaderHandle::unregister] when ready to unregister.
+/// Calling `drop` on this handle will unregister the media loader.
-/// [Drop] is not implemented for this type.
 pub struct MediaLoaderHandle {
     /// The handle of the media loader in the UEFI stack.
     handle: Handle,
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ impl MediaLoaderHandle {
 
     /// Unregisters a media loader from the UEFI stack.
     /// This will free the memory allocated by the passed data.
-    pub fn unregister(self) -> Result<()> {
+    fn unregister(&self) -> Result<()> {
         // SAFETY: We know that the media loader is registered if the handle is valid,
         // so we can safely uninstall it.
         // We should have allocated the pointers involved, so we can safely free them.
@@ -293,3 +293,14 @@ impl MediaLoaderHandle {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+
+/// Implement drop for the handle to automatically unregister the media loader.
+impl Drop for MediaLoaderHandle {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // If unregister fails, print an error to the log.
+        // This may leak stuff, but the only other option is to panic.
+        if let Err(error) = self.unregister() {
+            error!("unable to unregister media loader: {}", error);
+        }
+    }
+}

hack/dev/boot.sh

@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ if [ "${QEMU_GDB_WAIT}" = "1" ]; then
 	set -- "${@}" "-S"
 fi
 
-set -- "${@}" -smp 2 -m 4096
+set -- "${@}" -nodefaults -smp 2 -m 4096
 
-if [ "${NO_GRAPHICAL_BOOT}" = "1" ]; then
+if [ "${NO_GRAPHICAL}" = "1" ]; then
 	set -- "${@}" -nographic
 else
 	if [ "${GRAPHICAL_ONLY}" != "1" ]; then
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ else
 			set -- "${@}" -serial stdio
 		else
 			set -- "${@}" \
-				-device virtio-serial-pci,id=vs0 \
+				-device 'virtio-serial-pci,id=vs0' \
-				-chardev stdio,id=stdio0 \
+				-chardev 'stdio,id=stdio0,signal=off' \
-				-device virtconsole,chardev=stdio0,id=console0
+				-device 'virtconsole,chardev=stdio0,id=console0,name=alpine'
 		fi
 	fi
 
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ if [ "${NO_INPUT}" != "1" ]; then
 		-device usb-mouse
 fi
 
+if [ "${NO_NETWORK}" != "1" ]; then
+	set -- "${@}" \
+		-netdev 'user,id=network0' \
+		-device 'virtio-net-pci,netdev=network0'
+fi
+
 rm -f "${FINAL_DIR}/ovmf-boot.fd"
 cp "${FINAL_DIR}/ovmf.fd" "${FINAL_DIR}/ovmf-boot.fd"
 if [ "${TARGET_ARCH}" = "aarch64" ]; then
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@ fi
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
 set -- "${@}" \
 	-drive "if=pflash,file=${FINAL_DIR}/ovmf-boot.fd,format=raw,readonly=on" \
-	-device nvme,drive=disk1,serial=cafebabe
+	-device 'nvme,drive=disk1,serial=cafebabe'
 
 set -- "${@}" \
 	-drive "if=none,file=${FINAL_DIR}/sprout.img,format=raw,id=disk1,readonly=on"

hack/dev/boot/Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM debian:trixie@sha256:01a723bf5bfb21b9dda0c9a33e0538106e4d02cce8f557e118dd61259553d598 AS build
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM debian:trixie@sha256:0d01188e8dd0ac63bf155900fad49279131a876a1ea7fac917c62e87ccb2732d AS build
 ARG BUILDPLATFORM
 ARG EFI_NAME
 RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && apt-get update && apt-get install -y \

hack/dev/build.sh

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ copy_from_image_polyfill() {
 	SOURCE="${2}"
 	TARGET="${3}"
 
-	docker build -t "${IMAGE}-copy-polyfill:${DOCKER_TAG}" --build-arg "TARGET_IMAGE=${IMAGE}:${DOCKER_TAG}" \
+	docker build --platform="${DOCKER_TARGET}" -t "${IMAGE}-copy-polyfill:${DOCKER_TAG}" --build-arg "TARGET_IMAGE=${IMAGE}:${DOCKER_TAG}" \
 		-f hack/dev/utils/Dockerfile.copy-polyfill hack
 	# note: the -w '//' is a workaround for Git Bash where / is magically rewritten.
 	docker run --rm -i -w '//' "${IMAGE}-copy-polyfill:${DOCKER_TAG}" cat "image/${SOURCE}" >"${TARGET}"
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ if [ "${SKIP_KERNEL_BUILD}" != "1" ]; then
 	fi
 
 	copy_from_image "${DOCKER_PREFIX}/sprout-kernel-${TARGET_ARCH}" "kernel.efi" "${FINAL_DIR}/kernel.efi"
+	copy_from_image "${DOCKER_PREFIX}/sprout-kernel-${TARGET_ARCH}" "kernel.modules.tgz" "${FINAL_DIR}/kernel.modules.tgz"
 fi
 
 if [ "${SKIP_VM_BUILD}" != "1" ]; then
@@ -80,8 +81,12 @@ if [ "${SKIP_VM_BUILD}" != "1" ]; then
 		-f hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.ovmf "${FINAL_DIR}"
 	copy_from_image "${DOCKER_PREFIX}/sprout-ovmf-${TARGET_ARCH}" "ovmf.fd" "${FINAL_DIR}/ovmf.fd"
 	copy_from_image "${DOCKER_PREFIX}/sprout-ovmf-${TARGET_ARCH}" "shell.efi" "${FINAL_DIR}/shell.efi"
+	rm -rf "${FINAL_DIR}/initramfs.build"
+	mkdir -p "${FINAL_DIR}/initramfs.build"
+	cp -r "hack/dev/vm/files" "${FINAL_DIR}/initramfs.build/files"
+	cp "${FINAL_DIR}/kernel.modules.tgz" "${FINAL_DIR}/initramfs.build/kernel.modules.tgz"
 	docker build --platform="${DOCKER_TARGET}" -t "${DOCKER_PREFIX}/sprout-initramfs-${TARGET_ARCH}:${DOCKER_TAG}" \
-		-f hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.initramfs "${FINAL_DIR}"
+		-f hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.initramfs "${FINAL_DIR}/initramfs.build"
 	copy_from_image "${DOCKER_PREFIX}/sprout-initramfs-${TARGET_ARCH}" "initramfs" "${FINAL_DIR}/initramfs"
 
 	if [ -n "${SPROUT_XEN_EFI_OVERRIDE}" ]; then
@@ -108,23 +113,6 @@ if [ "${SKIP_SPROUT_BUILD}" != "1" ]; then
 	cp "hack/dev/configs/${SPROUT_CONFIG_NAME}.sprout.toml" "${FINAL_DIR}/sprout.toml"
 	cp "hack/dev/configs/xen.cfg" "${FINAL_DIR}/xen.cfg"
 	cp "hack/dev/configs/bls.conf" "${FINAL_DIR}/bls.conf"
-
-	mkdir -p "${FINAL_DIR}/efi/EFI/BOOT"
-	cp "${FINAL_DIR}/sprout.efi" "${FINAL_DIR}/efi/EFI/BOOT/${EFI_NAME}.EFI"
-	if [ -f "${FINAL_DIR}/kernel.efi" ]; then
-		cp "${FINAL_DIR}/kernel.efi" "${FINAL_DIR}/efi/EFI/BOOT/KERNEL.EFI"
-	fi
-	if [ -f "${FINAL_DIR}/shell.efi" ]; then
-		cp "${FINAL_DIR}/shell.efi" "${FINAL_DIR}/efi/EFI/BOOT/SHELL.EFI"
-	fi
-	if [ -f "${FINAL_DIR}/xen.efi" ]; then
-		cp "${FINAL_DIR}/xen.efi" "${FINAL_DIR}/efi/EFI/BOOT/XEN.EFI"
-	fi
-	if [ -f "${FINAL_DIR}/xen.cfg" ]; then
-		cp "${FINAL_DIR}/xen.cfg" "${FINAL_DIR}/efi/EFI/BOOT/XEN.CFG"
-	fi
-	cp "${FINAL_DIR}/sprout.toml" "${FINAL_DIR}/efi/SPROUT.TOML"
-	cp "${FINAL_DIR}/initramfs" "${FINAL_DIR}/efi/INITRAMFS"
 fi
 
 if [ "${SKIP_BOOT_BUILD}" != "1" ]; then

hack/dev/configs/all.sprout.toml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ has-item = "\\vmlinuz"
 
 [actions.chainload-kernel]
 chainload.path = "$boot\\vmlinuz"
-chainload.options = ["console=hvc0"]
+chainload.options = ["console=hvc0", "overlaytmpfs=yes"]
 chainload.linux-initrd = "$boot\\initramfs"
 
 [entries.kernel]

hack/dev/configs/kernel.sprout.toml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ has-item = "\\vmlinuz"
 
 [actions.chainload-kernel]
 chainload.path = "$boot\\vmlinuz"
-chainload.options = ["console=hvc0"]
+chainload.options = ["console=hvc0", "overlaytmpfs=yes"]
 chainload.linux-initrd = "$boot\\initramfs"
 
 [entries.kernel]

hack/dev/configs/xen.cfg

@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ default=sprout
 
 [sprout]
 options=clocksource=tsc smp=on smt=on ioapic_ack=new dom0_vcpus_pin=on spec-ctrl=gds-mit=no noreboot console=com1
-kernel=\EFI\BOOT\KERNEL.EFI console=hvc0
+kernel=\VMLINUZ console=hvc0
-ramdisk=\initramfs
+ramdisk=\INITRAMFS

hack/dev/kernel/Dockerfile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-ARG KERNEL_SOURCE_URL=https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.17.8.tar.xz
+ARG KERNEL_SOURCE_URL=https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.18.2.tar.xz
-ARG KERNEL_CHECKSUM=sha256:5a8de64a75fca706c01c6c0a77cf75a74618439db195e25f1f0268af6b2fb1da
+ARG KERNEL_CHECKSUM=sha256:558c6bbab749492b34f99827fe807b0039a744693c21d3a7e03b3a48edaab96a
 
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM debian:trixie@sha256:01a723bf5bfb21b9dda0c9a33e0538106e4d02cce8f557e118dd61259553d598 AS buildenv
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM debian:trixie@sha256:0d01188e8dd0ac63bf155900fad49279131a876a1ea7fac917c62e87ccb2732d AS buildenv
 RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
       build-essential squashfs-tools python3-yaml \
       patch diffutils sed mawk findutils zstd \
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ ENV BUILDPLATFORM=${BUILDPLATFORM}
 ENV TARGETPLATFORM=${TARGETPLATFORM}
 WORKDIR /build/src
 RUN /build/docker-build.sh
+COPY --chown=build:build docker-install.sh /build/docker-install.sh
+RUN /build/docker-install.sh
 
 FROM scratch AS final
 COPY --from=build /build/src/kernel.image /kernel.efi
+COPY --from=build /build/src/kernel.modules.tgz /kernel.modules.tgz

hack/dev/kernel/docker-build.sh

@@ -28,21 +28,39 @@ else
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+echo "CROSS_COMPILE=${MAYBE_CROSS_COMPILE}" > kernel.buildenv
+echo "TARGET_KARCH=${TARGET_KARCH}" >> kernel.buildenv
+
 make CROSS_COMPILE="${MAYBE_CROSS_COMPILE}" ARCH="${TARGET_KARCH}" defconfig
 if [ "${TARGET_KARCH}" = "x86_64" ]; then
 	make CROSS_COMPILE="${MAYBE_CROSS_COMPILE}" ARCH="${TARGET_KARCH}" xen.config
 	./scripts/config -e XEN_PV
 	./scripts/config -e XEN_PV_DOM0
 fi
-make CROSS_COMPILE="${MAYBE_CROSS_COMPILE}" ARCH="${TARGET_KARCH}" mod2yesconfig
+
+./scripts/config -e IPV6
+
+./scripts/config -e BPF_SYSCALL
+
+./scripts/config -e UEVENT_HELPER
+./scripts/config --set-str UEVENT_HELPER_PATH "/sbin/hotplug"
+
+./scripts/config -e SYN_COOKIES
+
+./scripts/config -d DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
 
 ./scripts/config -e DRM_VIRTIO_GPU
 ./scripts/config -e FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE
 ./scripts/config -e FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY
+./scripts/config -e LOGO
+
 ./scripts/config -e XEN_DOM0
 
+make CROSS_COMPILE="${MAYBE_CROSS_COMPILE}" ARCH="${TARGET_KARCH}" mod2noconfig
+
 make "-j$(nproc)" CROSS_COMPILE="${MAYBE_CROSS_COMPILE}" ARCH="${TARGET_KARCH}"
 
 [ -f "arch/x86/boot/bzImage" ] && cp "arch/x86/boot/bzImage" kernel.image
 [ -f "arch/arm64/boot/Image.gz" ] && gzip -d <"arch/arm64/boot/Image.gz" >kernel.image
+
 exit 0

hack/dev/kernel/docker-install.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+. /build/src/kernel.buildenv
+
+[ -f "arch/x86/boot/bzImage" ] && cp "arch/x86/boot/bzImage" kernel.image
+[ -f "arch/arm64/boot/Image.gz" ] && gzip -d <"arch/arm64/boot/Image.gz" >kernel.image
+
+make CROSS_COMPILE="${MAYBE_CROSS_COMPILE}" ARCH="${TARGET_KARCH}" INSTALL_MOD_PATH="/build/install" modules_install
+cd /build/install
+tar czpf /build/src/kernel.modules.tgz .

hack/dev/utils/Dockerfile.copy-direct

@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM debian:trixie@sha256:01a723bf5bfb21b9dda0c9a33e0538106e4d02cce8f557e118dd61259553d598
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM debian:trixie@sha256:0d01188e8dd0ac63bf155900fad49279131a876a1ea7fac917c62e87ccb2732d

hack/dev/utils/Dockerfile.copy-polyfill

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ARG TARGET_IMAGE=scratch
 FROM ${TARGET_IMAGE} AS image
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM debian:trixie@sha256:01a723bf5bfb21b9dda0c9a33e0538106e4d02cce8f557e118dd61259553d598 AS final
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM debian:trixie@sha256:0d01188e8dd0ac63bf155900fad49279131a876a1ea7fac917c62e87ccb2732d AS final
 COPY --from=image / /image

hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.initramfs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-FROM alpine:3.22@sha256:4b7ce07002c69e8f3d704a9c5d6fd3053be500b7f1c69fc0d80990c2ad8dd412 AS rootfs
+FROM alpine:3.23@sha256:865b95f46d98cf867a156fe4a135ad3fe50d2056aa3f25ed31662dff6da4eb62 AS rootfs
-RUN apk --no-cache add alpine-base tzdata
+RUN apk --no-cache add alpine-base tzdata wireless-regdb ifupdown-ng agetty
 RUN rc-update add devfs sysinit && \
     rc-update add dmesg sysinit && \
     rc-update add mdev sysinit && \
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ RUN rc-update add devfs sysinit && \
     rc-update add sysctl boot && \
     rc-update add hostname boot && \
     rc-update add bootmisc boot && \
+    rc-update add networking boot && \
     rc-update add syslog boot && \
     rc-update add mount-ro shutdown && \
     rc-update add killprocs shutdown && \
@@ -14,11 +15,13 @@ RUN rc-update add devfs sysinit && \
     ln -s /sbin/init /init && \
     echo 'root:root' | chpasswd && \
     echo 'sprout' > /etc/hostname && \
-    echo '' > /etc/motd && \
+    rm /etc/motd && \
     ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime && \
-    echo 'hvc0::respawn:/sbin/getty -L hvc0 115200 vt100' >> /etc/inittab
+    echo 'hvc0::respawn:/sbin/agetty --autologin root -L hvc0 115200 vt100' >> /etc/inittab
+ADD kernel.modules.tgz /
+COPY files/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces
 
-FROM alpine:3.22@sha256:4b7ce07002c69e8f3d704a9c5d6fd3053be500b7f1c69fc0d80990c2ad8dd412 AS build
+FROM alpine:3.23@sha256:865b95f46d98cf867a156fe4a135ad3fe50d2056aa3f25ed31662dff6da4eb62 AS build
 COPY --from=rootfs / /rootfs
 WORKDIR /rootfs
 RUN find . | cpio -R 0:0 --ignore-devno --renumber-inodes -o -H newc --quiet > /initramfs

hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.ovmf

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine:3.22@sha256:4b7ce07002c69e8f3d704a9c5d6fd3053be500b7f1c69fc0d80990c2ad8dd412 AS build
+FROM alpine:3.23@sha256:865b95f46d98cf867a156fe4a135ad3fe50d2056aa3f25ed31662dff6da4eb62 AS build
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 RUN if [ "${TARGETPLATFORM}" = "linux/amd64" ] || [ "${TARGETPLATFORM}" = "linux/x86_64" ]; then \
       apk --no-cache add ovmf edk2-shell; cp /usr/share/ovmf/bios.bin /ovmf.fd; fi

hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.xen

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine:3.22@sha256:4b7ce07002c69e8f3d704a9c5d6fd3053be500b7f1c69fc0d80990c2ad8dd412 AS build
+FROM alpine:3.23@sha256:865b95f46d98cf867a156fe4a135ad3fe50d2056aa3f25ed31662dff6da4eb62 AS build
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 RUN apk add --no-cache xen-hypervisor && cp /usr/lib/efi/xen.efi /xen.efi
 

hack/dev/vm/files/interfaces

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+auto eth0
+iface eth0
+    use dhcp

rust-toolchain.toml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.91.1"
+channel = "1.92.0"
 components = ["rustfmt", "clippy"]
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-uefi", "aarch64-unknown-uefi"]