Jookia <166...@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
