Alessandro Selli - LNX wrote: > I think we should do so even would someone show up to do that work.
I have to concur. LILO and ELILO should be dropped. - Observation 1: GRUB2 is now the standard AHCI boot is almost always done via GRUB2/linux16 (16-bit PC BIOS Int13h Disk Services) or GRUB2-EFI/linuxefi (32/64-bit uEFI Disk Services). NVMe boot is now the mainstay of GRUB2-EFI/linuxefi (64-bit uEFI Disk Services) since circa 2014 as well, and getting more universal support in firmware, Linux distros, etc... with the brand new generation of devices in sampling or even hitting the market (e.g., Intel 750 series). - Observation 2: More sysadmins know U-boot In fact, if anyone recommends LILO and ELILO, I would argue more sysadmins today know U-Boot than LILO or ELILO. There are still a great number of 32-bit ARM platforms out there that are very popular with Linux distros, hence it becoming really the "#2 tool," well behind GRUB. It's really only with the more recent AMD X-series aarch64 (64-bit ARM) developments where uEFI will become widely adopted, although most aarch64 solution should be going uEFI. But 32-bit ARM isn't going to die overnight, and will continue on for a long period. Understand i'm _not_ saying if we should cover U-Boot or not. I'm just saying if anyone brings up LILO or ELILO, it's popularity is now less, and less pertinent, than U-Boot. -- bjs -- Bryan J Smith - http://www.linkedin.com/in/bjsmith _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
