Cc -dev On 06:15 Mon 06 Sep , Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > Hi all, > > I've like to open the discussion about barebox > > What is Barebox? > > Barebox is a fork of U-Boot which was named before the elce 2009 > U-Boot-V2 with the target to have a modern internal Implememtation > derived from the Linux kernel and user friendly interface > > The current design of barebox is very near from the kernel as example > on AT91 I've update the current API to be as near as possible as the > one in the kernel so it's now really easy to port a new board and on > contrary of U-Boot we can have the multy instance of the drivers. > > I'm start to push the SH with the same idea > > As example have the prompt on all uart at the same time or be able to > use > them independently. > > We also support FastBoot, Framebuffer, USB ohci & Ehci, network, nor, > nandflash, dfu, usb ethernet (very usefull for soc without net > device), Menu Framework, etc... > > inprogress mmc, spi flash > > DFU for Device Firmware Upgrade is very use full to update device from > usb device from a PC so you will have an generic updater from the > bootloader > > The Menu Framework will help you to create friendly interface to manage > the booloader via key specially on device without keyboard as cellphone, > STB etc... > > We have also a true shell support with scripting so it's very easy to > create complex command via sheel script and also complex boot sequence > > We have modules support as the kernel which allow to load code based > on the need and speed up the boot but also allow to update the > bootloader functionnality in the feature > > etc... > > Best Regards, > J. > > _______________________________________________ > boot-architecture mailing list > boot-architect...@lists.linaro.org > http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/boot-architecture
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