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Revision as of 00:11, 19 December 2009 by 63.96.200.100 (talk) (Removed deletion "Non-notable software that is only sourced to the author."; Added text that shows that the software is notable and not sourced by a single author.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) Not to be confused with Das Boot.| Developer(s) | DENX Software Engineering |
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| Stable release | 2009.06 / June 14, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-06-14) |
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| Written in | C |
| Type | Boot loader |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | http://www.denx.de/U-Boot/ |
Das U-Boot (Universal Bootloader) is a boot loader for a number of different computer architectures, including PPC, ARM, AVR32, MIPS, x86, 68k, Nios, and MicroBlaze. Its name comes from the abbreviated form of Das Unterseeboot, German for "the submarine." It is free software released under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It can be built on an x86 PC for any supported architecture using a cross development GNU toolchain, for example crosstool, the Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK) or OSELAS.Toolchain.
The importance of Das U-Boot in Embedded Linux systems is quite succinctly stated in the book "Building Embedded Linux Systems", by Karim Yaghmour, whose text about U-Boot begins:
Though there are quite a few other bootloaders, "Das U-Boot," the universal bootloader, is arguably the richest, most flexible, and most actively developed open source bootloader available.
U-Boot originated in work done by Magnus Damm on a 8xx PowerPC bootloader called 8xxROM. When Wolfgang Denk moved the project to SourceForge.net, the project was renamed PPCBoot, because SF.net did not allow project names starting with digits. In November 2002 the project was renamed again, when support had been extended beyond booting on PowerPCs.
References
- Building Embedded Linux Systems by Karim Yaghmour, Chapter 9
- ^ PPCBoot Homepage: Authors
- U-Bootdoc: History
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