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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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Add syslinux support to u-boot enabling both pxelinux and extlinux support. simplifying booting arm machines, making anaconda installs easy and overall providing for a better user experience. | |||
Default u-boot to using syslinux config files for booting. pxelinux for network and extlinux for local booting. u-boot is the bootloader used on ARM systems in Fedora so the scope of this change is limited to ARM hardware only. | |||
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u-boot has support for booting using syslinux style configuration files, this change is to default to using it on all supported systems. | |||
== Benefit to Fedora == | == Benefit to Fedora == | ||
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This takes away the complexity of booting arm systems. There is no need to know addresses or to wrap images with mkimage. Users will get a menu that allows them to choose which kernel to boot. making things like a boot.img will be possible. Initiating installs via anaconda will also be much more simple and straight forward. | |||
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* Proposal owners: default u-boot to loading extlinux.conf files. anaconda to write a devicetreedir line in extlinux.conf on arm systems. appliance-creator to write out a devicetreedir in extlinux.conf on arm systems | |||
* Proposal owners: | * Other developers: grubby to update extlinux.conf appropriately. | ||
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Existing booting via arm-boot-config should still work, so existing systems will work as before. longer term we will need to provide a simple way to create a extlinux.conf file and update u-boot for systems to migrate. | |||
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Install u-boot onto an sdcard or update u-boot to a newer binary and use an image or run an anaconda install via a pxe tree | |||
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Users will see a boot menu where they can select 1, 2, 3, etc fior the installed kernels. | |||
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Outside of my control is changes to grubby that I will work with the maintainer to ensure support is in for. | |||
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* Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) | * Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) make sure all supported boards work with arm-boot-config and use it as a fallback. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:40, 27 March 2014
u-boot syslinux by default
Summary
Add syslinux support to u-boot enabling both pxelinux and extlinux support. simplifying booting arm machines, making anaconda installs easy and overall providing for a better user experience. Default u-boot to using syslinux config files for booting. pxelinux for network and extlinux for local booting. u-boot is the bootloader used on ARM systems in Fedora so the scope of this change is limited to ARM hardware only.
Owner
- Name: Dennis Gilmore
- Email: dennis@ausil.us
- Release notes owner:
Current status
FESCo resolution:
Detailed Description
u-boot has support for booting using syslinux style configuration files, this change is to default to using it on all supported systems.
Benefit to Fedora
This takes away the complexity of booting arm systems. There is no need to know addresses or to wrap images with mkimage. Users will get a menu that allows them to choose which kernel to boot. making things like a boot.img will be possible. Initiating installs via anaconda will also be much more simple and straight forward.
Scope
- Proposal owners: default u-boot to loading extlinux.conf files. anaconda to write a devicetreedir line in extlinux.conf on arm systems. appliance-creator to write out a devicetreedir in extlinux.conf on arm systems
- Other developers: grubby to update extlinux.conf appropriately.
- Release engineering: None
- Policies and guidelines: None
Upgrade/compatibility impact
Existing booting via arm-boot-config should still work, so existing systems will work as before. longer term we will need to provide a simple way to create a extlinux.conf file and update u-boot for systems to migrate.
How To Test
Install u-boot onto an sdcard or update u-boot to a newer binary and use an image or run an anaconda install via a pxe tree
User Experience
Users will see a boot menu where they can select 1, 2, 3, etc fior the installed kernels.
Dependencies
Outside of my control is changes to grubby that I will work with the maintainer to ensure support is in for.
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) make sure all supported boards work with arm-boot-config and use it as a fallback.
- Contingency deadline: Alpha
- Blocks release? No
Documentation
No documentation.