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Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> skribis:

>> Really, installing U-Boot is as simple as this?  If it is, that=E2=80=99s
>> perfect.  :-)
>
> Nope, it's just a placeholder :)
>
> But ideally U-Boot would provide something like that.
>
> I'm looking into writing u-boot-install.c and maybe contributing it to U-=
Boot - let's see how bad it is.

I think we should adapt to whatever U-Boot provides for installation.
(I installed it years ago on a plug computer but forgot all the
details.)

>> I see three separate things here:
>>=20
>>   1. Replacing =E2=80=9Cgrub=E2=80=9D by =E2=80=9Cbootloader=E2=80=9D in=
 the API (cosmetic change);
>>=20
>>   2. Adding the build-side code to install U-Boot;
>>=20
>>   3. Adding the host-side code to handle <u-boot-configuration> and do
>>      the right thing.
>>=20
>> To facilitate review, could you separate these three things?
>
> As far as they are in different files, yes.

Not everything is in separate files I think, but =E2=80=98git rebase -i=E2=
=80=99 or
similar should facilitate the operation.

> Which part is the build-side, which part is the host-side?

The =E2=80=9Cbuild side=E2=80=9D is the (gnu build =E2=80=A6) and (guix bui=
ld =E2=80=A6) modules: they
contain code that is executed as part of build processes, or at run
time.

The =E2=80=9Chost side=E2=80=9D is the rest, which contains package declara=
tions, OS
declarations, service declarations, and code that drives the compilation
of all that.

(See =E2=80=9CG-Expressions=E2=80=9D in the manual for a discussion of this=
.)

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.