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Line 1: '''Limine''' is an advanced, portable, multiprotocol bootloader, with support for Linux, the [[Limine Bare Bones\|native Limine boot protocol]], and [[Multiboot\|multiboot1 and 2]]. ~~{{In Progress}}~~ '''Limine''' is a modern, advanced bootloader with support for cutting edge features such as 5-level paging, 64-bit [[Long Mode]], and direct higher half loading thanks to the [[stivale]] boot protocol. == History == Limine was created as the reference implementation for the [['''stivale]]''' boot ~~protocol~~protocols. The ~~protocol~~protocols ~~was~~were conceived as a response to the shortcomings of [[Multiboot]]. As of Limine 3.x, a new boot protocol, simply called the [[Limine Bare Bones\|Limine boot protocol]] was introduced to supersede stivale 1 and 2. As of Limine 4.x, support for the legacy stivale protocols has been dropped. It originally only supported x86 [[BIOS]] and the stivale1 protocol, but it was later expanded to also support [[UEFI]], the Linux and [[multiboot]] protocols, and other architectures such as aarch64. == Supported protocols and filesystems == As mentioned above, Limine supports the [[~~stivale~~Limine Bare Bones\|Limine]] boot protocol, alongside Linux's own boot protocol (which means one can boot Linux fully using Limine), multiboot 1 and 2 (allowing it to boot a vast catalogue of hobby OSes and more), and chainloading to allow ~~booting~~to ~~unsupported~~indirectly ~~third~~boot ~~party~~unsupported operating systems such as Microsoft Windows. It supports the [[FAT\|~~FAT32~~FAT12/16/32]], and [[~~ext2]],~~ISO ~~[[ext3~~9660]], ~~and~~(used ~~[[ext4]]~~by ~~filesystems~~optical ~~alongside~~media ~~the~~and ~~lesser~~hybrid ~~known~~ISO ~~[[echfs]]~~images) ~~file system~~filesystems. == Supported Architectures == Currently Limine supports [[X86]], [[X86-64]], aarch64 (64 bit [[ARM]]), and riscv64 (64 bit [[RISC-V]]). X86 system support is targeted for Pentium Pro (i686) class machines as the minimum. == How to use Limine with your kernel == AThe [[Limine Bare Bones]] article contains a basic tutorial on how to use Limine and its protocol. Furthermore, a GitHub repository containing a simple example oftemplate for a 64-bit kernel loaded ~~with~~using Limine can be found in the external links section. == See Also == === Articles === * [[Limine Bare Bones]] == External Links == [https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine~~/blob/unstable/STIVALE.md~~-barebones ~~Stivale~~Barebones ~~boot~~kernel ~~protocol~~template using Limine.] [https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine/blob/unstable/STIVALE2.md Stivale2 boot protocol.]▼ [https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine Limine source code on GitHub.] [https://github.com/~~osdev~~limine-~~wiki~~bootloader/limine~~-barebones~~/blob/trunk/PROTOCOL.md ~~Barebones~~Limine ~~example~~boot ~~with~~protocol ~~limine~~specification.] [https://github.com/~~TomatOrg~~stivale/~~TomatBoot~~stivale/blob/master/STIVALE.md ~~TomatBoot]~~stivale ~~(UEFI~~boot ~~implementation~~protocol ~~of slative)~~specification.] ▲[https://github.com/~~limine-bootloader~~stivale/~~limine~~stivale/blob/~~unstable~~master/STIVALE2.md ~~Stivale2~~stivale2 boot protocol specification.] [[Category:Bootloaders]]