> > The other question is why use GRUB on a modern system? UEFI boot managers > are far simpler to work with than GRUBs monster configuration file and in > that case it makes sense to combine /boot with the ESP and use VFAT for > it. >
I couldn't grok the Gentoo UEFI setup instructions before loosing patience with them. That's weak, so I will try again. man mount shows that discard/TRIM is supported by linux vfat driver, as vfat also supports all the fat mount options.
