boot the kernel directly from firmware with UEFI?

[thufir]

On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 03:44:50 -0500, Tom H wrote:

>> Most of what I read at:
>>
>> http://superuser.com/posts/1113787/revisions
>>
>> is over my head. But what are the ramifications to eliminating GRUB?
>> Obviously that's just one less component to maintain for developers.
> 
> I assume that you mean eliminate grub for efi.
> 
> If you eliminate grub, you either have to set up every kernel/boot in
> the firmware with efibootmgr (which can a PitA) or you have to use a
> boot manager like systemd-bootx64.efi that'll give you a grub-like boot
> menu without the entire grub infrastructure.

Heh, I was trying to see the upside to UEFI.  Beyond large discs there 
doesn't seem to be much gain.  It's interesting, though.

-Thufir