From: admin@127.0.0.1
On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:57:10 -0400
Carver Harrison wrote:
> 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...
Thanks.
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