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LinuxBoot book which contains the documentation in markdown format
https://blog.osfw.foundation/a-comparison-between-open-source-host-firmware-solutions-and-closed-source-uefi/ https://blog.aheymans.xyz/post/uefi-coreboot-comparison/
The intro references "diskboot", but there doesn't seem to be a corresponding u-root command. It is perhaps a thing in QNX and GRUB. Clarify what is meant there.
Worth at least referencing in the UEFI documentation or why LinuxBoot is a good idea. > Since bootloaders run before operating systems run, they mostly have UEFI-provided services as APIs...
There are many tools involved. Those to build and rework firmware images, those that would be contained in the images, those that may be companions on the development machine when...
| tool | language | license | used? | | - | - | - | - | | [u-root](https://u-root.org) | Go | BSD 3-Clause | Google et al |...
general vs special purpose - boot a random system, say a Linux desktop distro - boot loader does not know much about it, needs flexibility - need runtime services, UEFI?...
TL;DR build systems and education are key **NOTE**: There are many [SoC vendors](https://gist.github.com/orangecms/d2c4e1215498987b666bca093ab5c5ed) and platforms, and they all differ. A fully generic boot image is hard to achieve. We can...
> There is Dasharo-Heads shipped with NovaCustom laptops, yes. With QubesOS pre-installed and certified by it. Nitrokey rebrand Novacustom laptops, Nitrokey shipped MSI based motherboard workstations with Dasharo-Heads as well....
> The fact that UEFI has more code than the [#Linux](https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux) [#Kernel](https://mastodon.social/tags/Kernel) with all it's drivers yet less than 100 contributors makes it inacceptable! https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/112681394928571550