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   Branimir Maksimovic to wolfgang kern   
   Re: Limine Bootloader   
   12 Oct 21 11:37:07   
   
   From: branimir.maksimovic@icloud.com   
      
   On 2021-10-12, 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.   
      
   With UEFI you don't need bootloader :P   
   > __   
   > wolfgang   
      
      
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