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|    wolfgang kern to Carver Harrison    |
|    Re: Limine Bootloader    |
|    12 Oct 21 09:10:27    |
      From: nowhere@nevernet.at              On 12/10/2021 01:14, Carver Harrison wrote:       > Try Limine Today: https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine       >       > - What is Limine?       >       > Limine is an advanced multiprotocol x86/x86_64 BIOS and UEFI bootloader       > that supports Linux, multiboot1 and 2, the stivale protocols, and       > chainloading.       >       > - What is a bootloader for?       > A bootloader is an essential piece of software which takes over the       > computer after the firmware relinquishes control of the system. It is       > the job of the bootloader to find an operating system to boot and       > perform all the operations needed in order to get the operating system's       > kernel and modules up and running.       >       > - Why Limine?       > Limine is lightweight, elegant, fast, and the reference implementation       > of the stivale and stivale2 boot protocols.       >       > - Why not GRUB?       >       > GRUB is an amazing piece of software, but Limine's and stivale(2)'s main       > target audience is operating system and kernel developers that want to       > use a boot protocol which supports modern features which GRUB's aging       > multiboot protocols do not (or do not properly).                     who is brave enough to check on it ? :)       I'm curious how assembler source of this UEFI loader would look like.       but it sounds suspicious like hell to be just one more HLL-C bloat.       __       wolfgang              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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