systemd-boot
| systemd-boot | |
|---|---|
| Developers | Kay Sievers, Harald Hoyer, Karel Zak |
| Initial release | June 28, 2012; 13 years ago (2012年06月28日) |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | C |
| Type | Boot loader for UEFI systems |
| License | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| Website | systemd |
systemd-boot is a free and open-source boot manager, previously known as gummiboot.
gummiboot
[edit ]gummiboot was developed by the Red Hat employees Kay Sievers and Harald Hoyer and designed as a minimal alternative to GNU GRUB for systems using the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). The boot loader automatically detected bootable images (including operating systems and other boot loaders), did not require a configuration file, provided a basic menu-based interface, and could also integrate with systemd to provide performance data.[1]
As a word play, the name "gummiboot" means "rubber (inflatable) boat" in German, the native language of its initial developers.[2] [3] Despite being developed by two of its employees, Red Hat's Fedora Project did not use gummiboot for booting UEFI systems; instead, it used efilinux to chainload GRUB.[2] [4]
gummiboot was licensed under LGPL-2.1-or-later, unlike GRUB which is licensed under the GPL-3.0-or-later. This distinction was intended to allow gummiboot to be suitable for use on UEFI systems implementing secure boot,[2] due to concerns surrounding its requirement to distribute all authorization keys (digital certificates) needed to run GPL-v3-licensed software if hardware restrictions such as secure boot are in effect.[4]
In May 2015, gummiboot was merged into systemd and renamed to "systemd-boot".[5] [6] [7] [8]
See also
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References
[edit ]- ^ "Boot Loader Interface".
- ^ a b c "Gummiboot is an EFI boot loader that "just works"". The H. Archived from the original on 2013年12月07日. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ "Lennart Poettering - Google+". plus.google.com. 2012年06月28日. Archived from the original on 2015年02月22日. Retrieved 2025年08月10日.
- ^ a b "Ubuntu details its UEFI secure boot plans". Linux Weekly News. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ Rod Smith (2013年04月27日). "Managing EFI Boot Loaders for Linux: Using gummiboot".
- ^ Michael Larabel (2015年05月21日). "Systemd 220 Has Finally Been Released". Phoronix . Retrieved 2015年08月17日.
- ^ Lennart Poettering (2015年05月21日). "[systemd-devel] [ANNOUNCE] systemd v220". lists.freedesktop.org. Retrieved 2021年09月27日.
- ^ Michael Larabel (2015年07月07日). "Gummiboot is Dead". Phoronix . Retrieved 2015年08月17日.