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[RHEL-9] Cannot select TBoot kernel entry as default boot entry

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      Description of problem:

      Currently it's not possible to select a TBOOT entry by default, this has to be done manually.
      The reason for this is TBOOT's /etc/grub.d/20_linux_tboot script creates a "submenu", which prevents considering "saved_entry" Grub variable.

      I think TBOOT should rely on the setting of GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU to decide whether to create a sub-menu or not.
      On RHEL, by default we have GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true in /etc/default/grub so we don't expect sub-menus.
      Once this is implemented, the admin can then select the TBOOT kernel through using grub2-editenv, e.g.:
      ~~~
      LATEST_TBOOT_ENTRY="$(grep -w ^menuentry /boot/grub2/grub.cfg | grep -m 1 "with tboot" | sed -e "s/menuentry '(.)' --class ./\1/")"
      /usr/bin/grub2-editenv - set saved_entry="$LATEST_TBOOT_ENTRY"
      ~~~

      which will always select the highest kernel TBOOT entry.

      Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

      tboot-1.10.2-6.el9.x86_64

      How reproducible:

      Always

      Steps to Reproduce:
      1. Select the default entry through editing grubenv file:

      LATEST_TBOOT_ENTRY="$(grep -w ^menuentry /boot/grub2/grub.cfg | grep -m 1 "with tboot" | sed -e "s/menuentry '(.)' --class ./\1/")"
      /usr/bin/grub2-editenv - set saved_entry="$LATEST_TBOOT_ENTRY"

      2. Reboot

      Actual results:

      First kernel (non-TBOOT) selected because of the sub-menu.

      Expected results:

      TBOOT kernel selected

      Additional info:

      More generally, it would be nice if TBOOT could be implemented as a BLS snippet, which would ease all this handling. See also #2107618.

            tcamuso1@redhat.com Tony Camuso
            rhn-support-rmetrich Renaud Metrich
            Tony Camuso Tony Camuso
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