Re: GuixSD and free hardware

[Gammel Holte <gammel.holte@gmail.com>]

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On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:

> I think many of us are interested in having GuixSD on those devices.
>
> Mark recently ported GuixSD to mips, which allowed him to identify
> architecture-specific assumptions need to be addressed.  That was an
> important first step.
>
> There’s also the question of whether we can use GRUB on these platforms,
> since GuixSD pretty much relies on it.  Latest GRUB reportedly works on
> (some) ARM platforms:
> <https://wiki.linaro.org/LEG/Engineering/Kernel/GRUB>.
>
> It would be good to see if GRUB can be used as the LibreBoot payload on
> the C201, as a replacement for ‘depthcharge’.
>

It's good news GuixSD is interested in supporting these machines, as I
think it's gonna be where the majority of (mostly)-free hardware comes in
the near future.

I might try to buy a C201 soon to see if I can get GuixSD running. I hadn't
thought about possible issues with an ARM payload on Libreboot. That's a
very good point.

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