March 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM, "Vagrant Cascadian" <vagr...@debian.org mailto:vagr...@debian.org?to=%22Vagrant%20Cascadian%22%20%3Cvagrant%40debian.org%3E > wrote:
> > On 2025-03-13, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: > > > > > Vagrant Cascadian <vagr...@debian.org> writes: > > > > > > > > I have successfully built and booted a linux-libre-arm64-mnt-reform@6.12 > > > kernel on a "MNT Reform2 with RCORE RK3588 Module" ... > > > > > I thought RK3588 for U-Boot needs non-free board information for its > > RAM? Or does the MNT Reform externalize it in UEFI code separate from > > the OS? > > > Indeed, because of this, it will definitely be a bring-your-own boot > firmware/bootloader (u-boot) kind of scenario, at least for the > near-future. Much like most x86_64 systems ship with a BIOS or EFI. > > If everything goes well an example Guix System configuration could > either use grub-efi or an extlinux-style menu. Modern u-boot provides an > EFI implementation or can read extlinux-style menus. > > live well, > vagrant Congrats! It sounds like an awesome development! I request a blog post when you feel it is a bit more "finished". I imagine on Debian it is fairly quick to update the MNT. I wonder how much slower will it be with Guix.
