Barebox

Barebox is an open-source,[4] primary boot loader used in embedded devices. It is available for a number of different computer architectures, including ARM, x86, MIPS, Nios II and RISC-V.[5]

Barebox
Original author(s)Sascha Hauer, the barebox community
Initial release27 December 2009 (2009-12-27) [1]
Stable release
Monthly release schedule[2][3]
Repository
Written inC, Assembly language
PlatformARM, x86, MIPS, Nios II, RISC-V
Available inEnglish
TypeFirmware, Bootloader
LicenseGPLv2[4]
Websitewww.barebox.org 

History

The Barebox project began in July 2007 as u-boot-v2, as it was derived from Das U-Boot, but with heavier borrowings from Linux like similar utilities and with a more Linux-like coding style.[6]

See also

References
  1. https://lwn.net/Articles/368606/
  2. https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/refs/tags
  3. https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/tree/README?id=d0c7fb0d030e282fda2708a4cd9d921cf7e10465#n188
  4. https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/tree/COPYING
  5. https://barebox.org/doc/latest/user/barebox.html#configuration
  6. https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2007-July/022591.html
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