Re: Interest check: U-Boot bootloader support

[Nils Gillmann <niasterisk@grrlz.net>]

Jookia <166291@gmail.com> 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.

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ng