[bootloader] Document intentions

It may be easiest to modify the efiBootloaderId, since that does not
normally show up in the UI. I cannot quickly come up with a way to
do the same kind of suffixing on the user-visible name.

SEE #1820
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Adriaan de Groot 2021-11-19 11:46:42 +01:00
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@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ efiBootMgr: "efibootmgr"
# setting the option here, keep in mind that the name is sanitized
# (problematic characters, see above, are replaced).
#
# There are some special words possible at the end of *efiBootloaderId*:
# @@SERIAL@@ can be used to obtain a uniquely-numbered suffix
# that is added to the Id (yielding, e.g., `dirname1` or `dirname72`)
# @@RANDOM@@ can be used to obtain a unique 4-digit hex suffix
# @@PHRASE@@ can be used to obtain a unique 1-to-3-word suffix
# from a dictionary of space-themed words
# Note that these must be at the **end** of the *efiBootloaderId* value.
#
# efiBootloaderId: "dirname"
# Optionally install a copy of the GRUB EFI bootloader as the EFI