From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nils Gillmann Subject: Re: Interest check: U-Boot bootloader support Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 17:19:25 +0100 Message-ID: <87vb5giupe.fsf@grrlz.net> References: <20160220204325.GA16645@novena-choice-citizen.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51330) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aXtD2-000150-SP for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:19:41 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aXtCx-00009k-Ku for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:19:40 -0500 Received: from latitanza.investici.org ([82.94.249.234]:43954) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aXtCx-00009f-BE for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:19:35 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20160220204325.GA16645@novena-choice-citizen.lan> (Jookia's message of "Sun, 21 Feb 2016 07:43:25 +1100") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Jookia <166291@gmail.com> Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org 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. -- ng