From d995d442a4c2c24002c8e57101c48cff3b6e77d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leah Rowe Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 03:37:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] clarify what u-boot means Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe --- site/news/canoeboot20241207.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/site/news/canoeboot20241207.md b/site/news/canoeboot20241207.md index d4fba46..634ce0a 100644 --- a/site/news/canoeboot20241207.md +++ b/site/news/canoeboot20241207.md @@ -27,11 +27,19 @@ and then a payload such as [SeaBIOS](https://www.seabios.org/SeaBIOS) or [GNU GRUB](https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/) to boot your operating system; on ARM(chromebooks), we provide *U-Boot* (as a coreboot payload). +U-Boot UEFI payload on x86\_64 +------------------------------ + For Canoeboot 20241207, today's release, U-Boot is *also* provided as an optional coreboot payload on x86 machines. This provides a sensible UEFI implementation, useful for booting GNU+Linux and BSD systems more easily. More information available on the [U-Boot x86 page](../docs/uboot/uboot-x86.md). +This means that you can have a UEFI boot environment, even on machines where +the original vendor firmware never supported it. For example, the ThinkPad X200 +in the photo is running U-Boot, and booting a distro via U-Boot's UEFI +implementation; that machine could not originally do UEFI. + Since this is based on a stable release, not much has changed; the focus has been on bug fixes. However, the U-Boot x86 payload is a notable new feature.