GNU bug report logs - #72457
[PATCH 00/15] Rewrite bootloader subsystem.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Lilah Tascheter <lilah <at> lunabee.space>

Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2024 03:52:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Fix blocked by 73202: [PATCH] Preparation for bootloader rewrite.

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Message #350 received at 72457 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "amano.kenji" <amano.kenji <at> proton.me>
To: "72457 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <72457 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: After further research
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 08:32:31 +0000

After further research, I concluded that it is better to have different bootloaders for creating hashes or gpg signatures instead of exposing service hooks.

Heads firmware just parses grub.cfg for a list of kernel images with initrd and shows kernel images on boot.

Thus, gnu guix can have `heads` bootloader which produces grub.cfg and copies kernel images and initrd to /boot.

`heads-signed` bootloader can sign all files in /boot with a gpg private key.

Heads is an alternative to BIOS and UEFI. It is an open-source firwmare for (coreboot) motherboards.
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