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UEFI is an abomination. Even putting aside removing user control the implementation is horrible and bloated. Just try building a bootable image for UEFI vs BIOS
by alecco 5y ago
UEFI is an abomination. Even putting aside removing user control the implementation is horrible and bloated. Just try building a bootable image for UEFI vs BIOS.
The title idea is very good but the implementation and the shady politics behind it are horrible. There's coreboot and libreboot. Hopefully either takes off or something else along the lines comes along.
- Koshkin 5y agoI, for one, like the idea of having the OS kernel as part of UEFI.
- guerrilla 5y agoJust curious, what BIOS images are you building?
- alecco 5y agoI mean building a bootable image compatible with UEFI vs compatible with BIOS. Not building UEFI nor BIOS. Like creating an "EFI System Partition" (FAT-based) or having a simple BIOS bootloader (usually with 2 stages, MBR + partition). With UEFI, it feels like you are booting an extra OS in between. UEFI brings a lot of logic to the firmware. If you just want to boot one OS it's overkill, IMHO.
- guerrilla 5y agoOh you mean disk image; I was thinking ROM image. Yeah, it does seem to be very large and seemingly much of it unnecessary for booting. I wonder what led to that situation. It seems more like a replacement for the BIOS and DOS, not just the BIOS. I am surprised we don't see more people using it like that just for fun.