On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote:
> I think many of us are interested in having GuixSD on those devices. > > Mark recently ported GuixSD to mips, which allowed him to identify > architecture-specific assumptions need to be addressed. That was an > important first step. > > There’s also the question of whether we can use GRUB on these platforms, > since GuixSD pretty much relies on it. Latest GRUB reportedly works on > (some) ARM platforms: > <https://wiki.linaro.org/LEG/Engineering/Kernel/GRUB>. > > It would be good to see if GRUB can be used as the LibreBoot payload on > the C201, as a replacement for ‘depthcharge’. > It's good news GuixSD is interested in supporting these machines, as I think it's gonna be where the majority of (mostly)-free hardware comes in the near future. I might try to buy a C201 soon to see if I can get GuixSD running. I hadn't thought about possible issues with an ARM payload on Libreboot. That's a very good point.
