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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions .vale.ini
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Vocab = LinuxBoot

Packages = RedHat, proselint, alex, Joblint, write-good
Packages = ../../../tools/vale-at-red-hat/.vale/styles/RedHat

[*.{md}]
BasedOnStyles = Vale, RedHat, proselint, alex, Joblint, write-good
[*.md]
BasedOnStyles = Vale, RedHat
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initramfs
coreboot
Monolake
Winterfell
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skiroot
hostboot
[Nn]etboot
initrd
autoboot
chainloading
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# Implementing LinuxBoot

The aim of LinuxBoot is to reduce complexity and obscure firmware by moving
that functionality into kernel and user-space.
that functionality into kernel and user-space. So you will need the necessary
[components](components.md) and fit them into the boot flow.

Since there are multiple approaches to initialize the platform, such as [UEFI
PI](uefi-pi-retrofit.md), U-Boot XPL, barebox PBL, coreboot and oreboot, and
hardware vendors differ in openness, different strategies are required,
explained in this chapter.
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Most server firmware is based on Intel’s Universal Extensible Firmware
Interface (UEFI). LinuxBoot provides the following benefits over UEFI:

initrd

Reliability

* Improves boot reliability by replacing lightly-tested firmware drivers with
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