During node deploy or clean, Ironic Python Agent is doing call to efibootmgr in order for example to clean the EFI boot table
When IPA is calling get_boot_records() https://github.com/openstack/ironic-python-agent/blob/master/ironic_python_agent/efi_utils.py#L275 the code is translating to utf-16.
It seems that on some motherboards, like the one we are using (Tyan manufacturer), efibootmgr is returning UTF-8
/opt/ironic-python-agent/bin/python3
Python 3.11.2 (main, May 2 2024, 11:59:08) [GCC 12.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from ironic_python_agent import utils
>>> efi_output = utils.execute('efibootmgr', '-v', binary=True)
>>> print (efi_output)
(b'BootCurrent: 0004\nTimeout: 1 seconds\nBootOrder: 0004,0005,0006,0007,002D,0001,0009,0002\nBoot0000* AMIFWUpdate\tVenMedia(5023b95c-db26-429b-a648-bd47664c8012)/FvFile(1de64b8e-138b-4258-b7dd-f2d8ec142a9e)\nBoot0001 UEFI: Built-in EFI Shell\tVenMedia(5023b95c-db26-429b-a648-bd47664c8012)..BO\nBoot0002 debian\tVenHw(99e275e7-75a0-4b37-a2e6-c5385e6c00cb)\nBoot0004* UEFI: PXE IP4 Mellanox Network Adapter - A0:42:3F:41:4D:46\tPciRoot(0x3)/Pci(0x3,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/MAC(a0423f414d46,1)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)..BO\nBoot0005* UEFI: PXE IP4 Mellanox Network Adapter - A0:42:3F:41:4D:47\tPciRoot(0x3)/Pci(0x3,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x1)/MAC(a0423f414d47,1)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)..BO\nBoot0006* UEFI: PXE IP4 Mellanox Network Adapter - 0C:42:A1:3D:3E:E8\tPciRoot(0x7)/Pci(0x3,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/MAC(0c42a13d3ee8,1)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)..BO\nBoot0007* UEFI: PXE IP4 Mellanox Network Adapter - 0C:42:A1:3D:3E:E9\tPciRoot(0x7)/Pci(0x3,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x1)/MAC(0c42a13d3ee9,1)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)..BO\nBoot0009 AMI Virtual CDROM0 1.00\tBBS(USB,,0x0)/VenHw(5ce8128b-2cec-40f0-8372-80640e3dc858,ff00)..BO\nBoot002D* UEFI: PXE IP4 American Megatrends Inc.\tPciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x3)/USB(1,0)/USB(1,1)/MAC(4a3d41211dc2,0)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)..BO\n', b'')
>>> cmd_output = efi_output[0].decode('utf-16', errors='ignore')
>>> print (cmd_output)
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>>>
>>> cmd_output = efi_output[0].decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')
>>> print (cmd_output)
BootCurrent: 0004
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0004,0005,0006,0007,002D,0001,0009,0002
Boot0000* AMIFWUpdate VenMedia(5023b95c-db26-429b-a648-bd47664c8012)/FvFile(1de64b8e-138b-4258-b7dd-f2d8ec142a9e)
Boot0001 UEFI: Built-in EFI Shell VenMedia(5023b95c-db26-429b-a648-bd47664c8012)..BO
Boot0002 debian VenHw(99e275e7-75a0-4b37-a2e6-c5385e6c00cb)
Boot0004* UEFI: PXE IP4 Mellanox Network Adapter - A0:42:3F:41:4D:46 PciRoot(0x3)/Pci(0x3,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/MAC(a0423f414d46,1)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)..BO
Boot0005* UEFI: PXE IP4 Mellanox Network Adapter - A0:42:3F:41:4D:47 PciRoot(0x3)/Pci(0x3,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x1)/MAC(a0423f414d47,1)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)..BO
Boot0006* UEFI: PXE IP4 Mellanox Network Adapter - 0C:42:A1:3D:3E:E8 PciRoot(0x7)/Pci(0x3,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/MAC(0c42a13d3ee8,1)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)..BO
Boot0007* UEFI: PXE IP4 Mellanox Network Adapter - 0C:42:A1:3D:3E:E9 PciRoot(0x7)/Pci(0x3,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x1)/MAC(0c42a13d3ee9,1)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)..BO
Boot0009 AMI Virtual CDROM0 1.00 BBS(USB,,0x0)/VenHw(5ce8128b-2cec-40f0-8372-80640e3dc858,ff00)..BO
Boot002D* UEFI: PXE IP4 American Megatrends Inc. PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x3)/USB(1,0)/USB(1,1)/MAC(4a3d41211dc2,0)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)..BO
The impact of that bug is that IPA is not cleaning the partition table, and deploy after deploy, filling the EFI table.
