[HN Gopher] Bootloader Basics
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       Bootloader Basics
        
       Author : mooreds
       Score  : 96 points
       Date   : 2022-02-21 14:17 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (notes.eatonphil.com)
        
       | rubicks wrote:
       | Neat! Do you plan on supporting any other architectures?
        
         | eatonphil wrote:
         | That would be interesting but not at the moment. Maybe in a few
         | years when I need a break from working software I'll give an
         | ARM bootloader a shot!
        
       | eatonphil wrote:
       | Author of the post here, thanks for sharing! Happy to answer any
       | questions, though even after the few nights spent getting these
       | programs to work I had many questions of my own.
        
         | CrociDB wrote:
         | Excellent post! I had a lot of fun writing a bootloader game
         | sometime ago and wrote a post about it, it's a 2048 clone:
         | https://crocidb.com/post/bootsector-game/
        
           | eatonphil wrote:
           | That's a great one! Added it to my list of suggested reading
           | in the repo.
           | 
           | https://github.com/eatonphil/bootloaders/blob/main/README.md
        
             | westurner wrote:
             | - [ ] ENH: Could there be bootloader game(s) with progress
             | bars for e.g. teh systemd boot sequence? Obvs, bootloader
             | game high scores can't be recorded until further into the
             | boot sequence.
        
             | westurner wrote:
             | - uboot w/ Pinebook Pro :
             | https://gitlab.com/pine64-org/u-boot
             | https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Uboot
             | 
             | - pboot w/ Pinephone Pro: https://xnux.eu/p-boot/
             | 
             | - tow-boot: "ENH: "Chainload" to {grub,}"
             | https://github.com/Tow-Boot/Tow-Boot/issues/110
             | https://github.com/rhboot/grub2/blob/master/grub-
             | core/loader...
        
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