[Bug 1158492] [NEW] Please backport upstream grub-mknetdir core generation improvements to Precise

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The grub-mknetdir script has undergone some improvements upstream.
Namely, the grub-mknetdir command in 13.04 does a better job of
generating the necessary core image and files required for EFI
netbooting than precise does.

In 13.04 I can run 'grub-mknetdir' and generate the following:

/srv/tftp/boot/grub/x86_64-efi/core.efi

...and other necessary modules for efi netbooting a machine.

In 12.04.x, all I am able to generate is the following:

/srv/tftp/boot/grub/i386-pc/core.0

...and, of course, the associated modules.

So, currently, if I want to perform an EFI netboot installation of a
server running precise, I need to generate the x86_64-efi/core.efi and
modules on a 13.04 system and transfer them over to my installation
server running 12.04 *or* utilize a 13.04 system in my netboot
environment to serve out the files.

It'd be great if we could get this functionality ported to 12.04.

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

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Please backport upstream grub-mknetdir core generation improvements to Precise
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1158492
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