Add a command to source/include another config file

[mekb-turtle]

I think it would be nice to be able to include other config files in limine.cfg, like how #include works in C

Example:

limine.cfg:

%colors.cfg
TIMEOUT=5
... etc ...

colors.cfg:

TERM_PALETTE=...
TERM_BACKGROUND...
... etc ...

[Andy-Python-Programmer]

:Aero
    CMDLINE=$INCLUDE(kernel.toml)

Also having something like the above would be useful.

[blanham]

Also also, it would be nice to include variable names in the include statements. This would be useful, for example, to include different configs for different architectures

[mekb-turtle]

:Aero
    CMDLINE=$INCLUDE(kernel.toml)

Also having something like the above would be useful.

wouldn't that just be the ${variable}=value thing?

[paoloschi]

I logged in precisely with the intention of making the same request, and I see with pleasure that I am not alone in finding that the possibility of importing a separately generated file into limine.cfg should be very useful.

My use case: I would like to make kernel install|remove hooks into '/etc/kernel.d' so that, when package manager acts on linuxN.N packages, my script it would keep the whole entries section of limine.cfg always updated whith as many entries for as many OSs and modules I have at my disposal at that moment. It would be like having the equivalent of /etc/default/grub+grub-mkconfig but without all the GRUB's bloat...

[sagehane]

Edit: I realised I actually don't need this feature in hindsight because something like Lanzaboote handles this differently and I think I prefer their approach more. So the feature I outlined below might be interesting but I don't know if it outweighs the additional complexity.

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I'd also want a feature similar to this. It would even be nicer if it's possible to add multiple files with one command using some pattern matching.

My use-case is to add support for Limine on GNU Guix in a manner similar to systemd-boot's usage on NixOS.

On NixOS, systemd-boot is currently used like this:

$ cat /boot/loader/loader.conf 
console-mode keep
default nixos-*
editor true
timeout 5

$ tree /boot/loader/
/boot/loader/
├── entries
│   ├── nixos-generation-248.conf
│   ├── nixos-generation-249.conf
│   ├── nixos-generation-250.conf
│   └── nixos-generation-251.conf
├── entries.srel
├── loader.conf
└── random-seed

2 directories, 7 files

[Zesko]

This feature is very useful when another tool generates additional Limine config files such as OS-name.conf or snapshots.conf. The tool should not modify the original limine.conf, which is controlled by user to manage and enable/disable including additional config files.

For example, when a kernel version is updated, an initramfs tool overwrites OS-name.conf without disturbing other configurations of other multiple boots in limine.conf.

/+OS name
include: /OS-name/OS-name.conf
include: /OS-name/snapshots/snapshots.conf