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This question is regarding efistub booting.

I would like load the stock pre-compiled Ubuntu kernel directly from UEFI firmware its boot menu, using efiboogmgr.

Since which Ubuntu version can this be done without the need for a separate bootloader?

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12.10 and newer

All Ubuntu kernels built since kernel 3.3.0 have included the EFI stub loader feature in the kernel. That means all Ubuntu releases since 12.10.

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Kernel build configuration can be checked with command f.e.

  • zcat /proc/config.gz | grep EFI_STUB, or
  • for release 18.0 and later with cat /boot/config-$(uname -r) | grep EFI_STUB
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    On ubuntu 18.0 you have to cat /boot/config-5.0.0-23-generic | grep EFI_STUB – user10607 Sep 01 '19 at 08:43
  • @user10607 What is the 18.0 output of zcat /proc/config.gz | grep EFI_STUB? – Pro Backup Sep 01 '19 at 12:14
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    config.gz does not exist on my system. There are multiple locations for kernel config information. See https://superuser.com/questions/287371/obtain-kernel-config-from-currently-running-linux-system – user10607 Sep 01 '19 at 16:45