[Bug 1929059] [NEW] Maybe needs update for smbios handling

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

Public bug reported:

Currently this package generates /boot/grub/gfxblacklist.txt which is
processed with hwmatch which is only available on grub-pc platform and
not on the uefi platform.

on uefi platform we instead have smbios command.

Can we update grub-gfxpayload-lists & grub to generate something using
smbios command instead?

Also do we still need this package? I am not too sure if the vendors in
question are still relevant hardware.

This also currently generates ugly messages during every boot of every
ubuntu release stating that `hwmatch command is not available`.

** Affects: grub-gfxpayload-lists (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: papercut rls-ii-incoming ux

** Tags added: papercut rls-ii-incoming ux

** Also affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Maybe needs update for smbios handling

Status in grub-gfxpayload-lists package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Currently this package generates /boot/grub/gfxblacklist.txt which is
  processed with hwmatch which is only available on grub-pc platform and
  not on the uefi platform.

  on uefi platform we instead have smbios command.

  Can we update grub-gfxpayload-lists & grub to generate something using
  smbios command instead?

  Also do we still need this package? I am not too sure if the vendors
  in question are still relevant hardware.

  This also currently generates ugly messages during every boot of every
  ubuntu release stating that `hwmatch command is not available`.

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