GRUB2
The wiki is being retired!
Documentation is now handled by the same processes we use for code: Add something to the Documentation/ directory in the coreboot repo, and it will be rendered to https://doc.coreboot.org/. Contributions welcome!
Introduction
The long term goal is to replace the common LinuxBIOS payload FILO with a LinuxBIOS-capable version of GRUB2.
To achieve this, two things need to happen.
- build a single grub2.elf binary that contains all modules required to boot the system.
- add an IDE driver to grub2.
Status
- Tristan Gingold has written an IDE driver for GRUB2
- Stefan Reinauer started integrating this IDE driver and building a single grub2.elf binary.
- Currently, grub2 on x86 platforms is rather dependent on a legacy bios and starting from 16bit mode.
How to help?
Contact Stefan Reinauer or the LinuxBIOS mailing list for more information.