From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Hilliard Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 15:52:57 -0600 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 5/5 v5] boot/systemd-boot: new package In-Reply-To: <20181226224349.7167ddcb@windsurf> References: <20181226222329.18046c1c@windsurf> <20181226224349.7167ddcb@windsurf> Message-ID: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 3:43 PM Thomas Petazzoni wrote: > > 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. Well it had a bootcount feature with reversion to last good entry added recently which would be useful for embedded systems upgrade automatic rollbacks. It also separates out each boot entry config file which I think is not something most other bootloaders do. > > Best regards, > > Thomas > -- > Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin > Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering > https://bootlin.com