[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/9] EFI payload / application support

[Tom Rini]

On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 07:41:42PM +0100, Andreas Färber wrote:
> Am 04.01.2016 um 19:03 schrieb Andreas Färber:
> > Am 04.01.2016 um 17:56 schrieb Tom Rini:
> >> Please note that with the generic distro framework U-Boot will grok
> >> https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec/ and
> >> things Just Work.  I setup a bunch of SD cards with Debian and Fedora
> >> over holiday so I can drop them in whatever board and boot up Linux as a
> >> sanity test.
> >>
> >> I certainly can see a usecase for kicking off an EFI binary as part of
> >> fitting into existing work-flows.  But we do already have a something
> >> for getting rid of that particular pain-point and it's working :)
> > 
> [snip]
> 
> Executive summary: https://xkcd.com/927/

Oh pretty much.  I guess the point I am driving at here is that EFI
loading (to kick off GRUB2) needs to fit in with the framework that
other distros have already adapted to.  Or heck, maybe you can convince
them to switch over to this instead?  Hans or Dennis, what do you think?

-- 
Tom
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