Nils Gillmann writes: > Jookia <166...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Hey there, >> >> I brought up this topic a long time ago and as since have been thinking about >> this, reading the code base and getting accustomed to it. I've had the >> intention >> of porting GuixSD to use the U-Boot bootloader, which I think can be done >> without much if any changes to the user-facing configuration. >> >> I'm willing to do the refactor and programming required, but I'm sensing it's >> not wanted given the investment in keeping GuixSD using GNU tools for the >> base >> system and the fact GRUB is being ported to ARM (though this is buggy at >> best.) >> The only thing U-Boot support brings to the table is that it works and can be >> used to boot Linux on an ARM system. The only hindrance compared to GRUB is >> that >> it doesn't support encrypted partitions, so unencrypted /boot support will >> need >> to be added. >> >> If there's no interest in having U-Boot support in Guix and upstreamed, I'd >> rather not waste effort on writing these patches. No hard feelings! >> >> Cheers, >> Jookia. >> > > Similar to what I said in private, I think GuixSD has only things > to gain from the added support. When it does arrive in GRUB, the > workaround can be changed then. > For now, it would be a great thing to have in GuixSD.
If we would like to also be able to deploy Guix to mobile devices, this could really be great. I'm sure a number of us would like to imagine a world in which we can run Guix and more a GNU-ish type environment in userspace on our mobile computers (how I miss my Nokia N900!) How complex do you think it would be? - Chris
