On Wed, 31 May 2023 14:41:23 -0600 Warner Losh <i...@bsdimp.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 1:30?PM Gary Jennejohn <ga...@gmx.de> wrote: > > > On Wed, 31 May 2023 12:15:12 -0600 > > Warner Losh <i...@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > > > [SNIP irrelevant text] > > > > > And no, I really do not want to support 'loadable modules'. BIOS booting > > is > > > on the way out, and people > > > that want to do complex stuff in the boot loader will simply have to do > > > that in UEFI or maybe kboot/LinuxBoot. > > > > So, what exactly does "BIOS booting is on the way out" mean? I have four > > computers which use BIOS booting. Three are too old to support UEFI and > > the other one I simply set to BIOS booting out of habit. > > > > New computers aren't supporting it. Its days are numbered. It's longevity is > much shorter than UEFI's. These are all indisputable. I'm not planning on > dropping it in 15, but the number of people that are using it is a declining > group over time. Time spent making EFI more effective will affect more > people. That's what I mean. So I don't want to sink a ton of time into it. > OK, that makes sense. If it disappears after 15 I guess I'll have to maintain it myself. Should be doable. -- Gary Jennejohn
