From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 22:43:49 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 5/5 v5] boot/systemd-boot: new package In-Reply-To: References: <20181226222329.18046c1c@windsurf> Message-ID: <20181226224349.7167ddcb@windsurf> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Hello, On Wed, 26 Dec 2018 15:37:42 -0600, James Hilliard wrote: > Well systemd-boot is a perfectly good bootloader even without systemd. > It uses plain text config files so it's not hard to manage even > without the systemd userspace tools. OK, but there must be some compelling reason to use systemd-boot instead of another x86-capable bootloader, such as grub or syslinux. I believe even U-Boot works on x86 EFI systems. All of these also use plain text configuration files that don't require userspace tools. Best regards, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com