Re: GRUB 2.12 release, etc.

[Xiaotian Wu]

Hi Daniel.

Thank you for your release plan.

I would like to ask, can GRUB-2.12 add a new LoongArch architecture support?

LoongArch is a RISC instruction set from China. Currently, Linux-5.19 
adds LoongArch CPU support and will support complete EFIStub in version 
5.20.

On GRUB, including 2 patch sets:

1. Add the basic support of LoongArch so that GRUB can run on the 
LoongArch machine. See 
https://github.com/loongarch64/grub/tree/dev/patchwork/base

2. Add the loader for kernel, but it depends on a series of patch of 
Loadfile2. See https://github.com/loongarch64/grub/tree/dev/patchwork/efi

These patchs are already available, and tested on CLFS and Archlinux for 
LoongArch.

If we plan to support LoongArch in GRUB-2.12, I will update these patchs 
and release the 4th version of the patch for review.

Thanks

在 2022/6/11 上午1:20, Daniel Kiper 写道:
> Hi,
>
> I am going to release GRUB 2.12 around October 2022. I will publish
> exact dates closer to the release and at least month before freeze date.
> If you think some features and fixes should land in the GRUB 2.12 please
> replay to this email.
>
> I am not going to release any of earlier released versions with recent
> security fixes on top of them. Though if somebody wants to step up and
> prepare them I am happy to create relevant branch in the GRUB git repository.
>
> Daniel
>
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