On 2020-08-02 22:19 +0100, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev wrote: > On Sun, Aug 02, 2020 at 10:07:23PM +0200, Alexey Orishko via lfs-dev wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 6:46 PM Xi Ruoyao via lfs-dev > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Since majority of new laptops have EFI, it would really help to have > > > The readers who don't need EFI will be annoyed. meson/ninja already > > > annoyed > > > the readers using sysvinit. > > > > Quote from Linux From Scratch - Version SVN-20200721 / Preface / vi. > > Rationale for Packages in the Book: > > "As stated earlier, the goal of LFS is to build a complete and usable > > foundation-level system. ..." > > If LFS cannot be booted on modern pc, the statement above should be > > changed to "... usable foundation-level system on LEGACY computers > > only." > > Otherwise information in preface creates a false assurance that > > building LFS is enough to boot and continue with BLFS on some modern > > target system. > > > > /alexey
LFS is usable on modern systems. But the installation on USB stick is not supported. Installation on removeable devices has many strange problems, with both legacy boot and EFI. > Last year I bought a couple of new AMD desktop systems using APUs > and low-end motherboards. With those LFS is sufficient to boot and > get a network connection (but only for 80x25, using the framebuffer > and later X requires firmware from BLFS). > > Laptops, particularly those without a wired network, may be entirely > different. For wifi wpa-supplicant is needed in BLFS. iwd may be a better alternative since it doesn't require libnl. But unfortunately iwd doesn't work well with NetworkManager on my machine. And for some ADSL or cable modem (without router functionality) ppp and rp-pppoe (it's even beyond BLFS) may be needed. -- Xi Ruoyao <[email protected]> School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
