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Re: Interest check: U-Boot bootloader support
From: |
Nils Gillmann |
Subject: |
Re: Interest check: U-Boot bootloader support |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Feb 2016 17:19:25 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) |
Jookia <address@hidden> writes:
> Hey there,
>
> I brought up this topic a long time ago and as since have been thinking about
> this, reading the code base and getting accustomed to it. I've had the
> intention
> of porting GuixSD to use the U-Boot bootloader, which I think can be done
> without much if any changes to the user-facing configuration.
>
> I'm willing to do the refactor and programming required, but I'm sensing it's
> not wanted given the investment in keeping GuixSD using GNU tools for the base
> system and the fact GRUB is being ported to ARM (though this is buggy at
> best.)
> The only thing U-Boot support brings to the table is that it works and can be
> used to boot Linux on an ARM system. The only hindrance compared to GRUB is
> that
> it doesn't support encrypted partitions, so unencrypted /boot support will
> need
> to be added.
>
> If there's no interest in having U-Boot support in Guix and upstreamed, I'd
> rather not waste effort on writing these patches. No hard feelings!
>
> Cheers,
> Jookia.
>
Similar to what I said in private, I think GuixSD has only things
to gain from the added support. When it does arrive in GRUB, the
workaround can be changed then.
For now, it would be a great thing to have in GuixSD.
--
ng
- Interest check: U-Boot bootloader support, Jookia, 2016/02/20
- Re: Interest check: U-Boot bootloader support, Andreas Enge, 2016/02/21
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- Re: Interest check: U-Boot bootloader support, Christopher Allan Webber, 2016/02/22
- Re: Interest check: U-Boot bootloader support, Nils Gillmann, 2016/02/22
- Re: Guix on Mobile (Was: Interest check: U-Boot bootloader support), Jookia, 2016/02/22
- Re: Guix on Mobile (Was: Interest check: U-Boot bootloader support), Danny Milosavljevic, 2016/02/22
- Re: Guix on Mobile (Was: Interest check: U-Boot bootloader support), Leo Famulari, 2016/02/22
- Re: Guix on Mobile (Was: Interest check: U-Boot bootloader support), Jookia, 2016/02/22
- Re: Guix on Mobile (Was: Interest check: U-Boot bootloader support), Andreas Enge, 2016/02/22
Re: Interest check: U-Boot bootloader support, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/02/23