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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/1d99dc96-b12a-4030-95a6-d54a150e8b9c/arch-dev-public-rfc-boot-standardization-and-bootchain-packageRSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 03:01:19 GMTWed, 08 Apr 2026 18:38:37 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [arch-dev-public] RFC: Boot standardization and bootchain package on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:23:38 GMT]]>@archlinux @Antiz @Foxboron My boot flow might interest you: https://rootkitten.bearblog.dev/bareboot/. I wrote it in a hurry, might have missed some points xD

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/tris/statuses/116370952571978007https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/tris/statuses/116370952571978007Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:23:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [arch-dev-public] RFC: Boot standardization and bootchain package on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:12:36 GMT]]>@navi@social.vlhl.dev @Foxboron@chaos.social @archlinux@fosstodon.org in addition it's not right to say it "implements" the installkernel interface
truth is it's a very custom thing, the installkernel compat only shifts some argument positioning around
]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://snac.pinkro.se/rose/p/1775675556.362194https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://snac.pinkro.se/rose/p/1775675556.362194Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:12:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [arch-dev-public] RFC: Boot standardization and bootchain package on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:11:10 GMT]]>@Foxboron @archlinux

> `kernel-install` is a script

it's a 1.7k loc c program, https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/src/kernel-install/kernel-install.c

it should've been a script? yes, it should've]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vlhl.dev/objects/b2f57f96-61dc-49bd-ac22-9d055c51014dhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vlhl.dev/objects/b2f57f96-61dc-49bd-ac22-9d055c51014dWed, 08 Apr 2026 19:11:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [arch-dev-public] RFC: Boot standardization and bootchain package on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:49:34 GMT]]>@zaire @archlinux

`kernel-install` is a script that implements an interface originally called `installkernel` provided by the Linux kernel.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/Foxboron/statuses/116370582725863121https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/Foxboron/statuses/116370582725863121Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:49:34 GMT