From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:10:27 +0200   
   wolfgang kern wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
      
   Well I went to the site (github) where there's asm src code. (OK, and C   
   for the menu program).   
      
      
   --   
   Bah, and indeed Humbug.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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