Barebox

Barebox (formerly also known as U-Boot-v2 ) is a computer boot loader for operating systems that focuses on embedded devices with ARM , Blackfin , MIPS , Nios II, and x86 architectures . Distributed under the GNU GPL v2 license .

Barebox
Type of	Bootloader
Developer	Sascha hauer
Written on	C , Assembler
Hardware platform	ARM , Blackfin, MIPS , Nios II , OpenRISC , x86
Latest version
condition	active
License	GNU GPL 2
Website	barebox.org

A typical purpose of barebox is to start from the built-in ROM of a computer system, initialize the hardware and start the OS (usually Linux ).

The starting point for creating the barebox bootloader was the popular Das U-Boot bootloader. Barebox uses a number of U-Boot ideas, in particular, a similar user interface. Barebox also has its own peculiarities - in the development of Barebox the methodology and technology are widely used, which have proven themselves in the development of the Linux kernel (for example, the kbuild build system). Barebox software interfaces are made close to those of Linux, which allows you to borrow drivers from Linux with little cost. It should be noted the ability of Barebox to run on GNU / Linux, while Barebox supports virtual drives and network devices - this feature facilitates debugging of hardware-independent bootloader components, such as the file subsystem or network subsystem.