Hello

On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

Some more great features and modules:

1. GRUB gives you a command line interface. The time-out can be set to 0.
2. Debugging with lspci, lsacpi, setpci, …
3. Instrumentation with boottime, cacheinfo, …
4. Show CBMEM console with `cbmemc`.
5. Show CBMEM time stamps with `coreboot_boottime`.
6. Support for coreboot systems with native graphics support.

To which I would add:

7. support for a menu, so that your most frequent options can be selected with a few keys

8. support for LUKS, so that you can protect your /boot

The only missing functionality is the lack of support for silent boot (set timeout_style=hidden) to show the boot menu upon a keypress.

With native graphics support, I would love to be able to start FreeDOS, or memtest with screen output. Someday with SeaBIOS maybe. In any case, grub2 is a must.

Charles