From: ch@dorper.me
On 10/12/2021 4:42 AM, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> 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).
>
>
huh? The drivers are all written in C. Very little is written in
assembly. Really just the bootstrapping code and trampolines. Take a
better look...
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