Barebox
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Original author(s) | Sascha Hauer, the barebox community |
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Initial release | 27 December 2009[1] |
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Written in | C, Assembly language |
Platform | ARM, x86, MIPS, RISC-V, PowerPC, OpenRISC, Kalray MPPA |
Available in | English |
Type | Firmware, Bootloader |
License | GPL-2.0-only[4] |
Website | www![]() |
Barebox is a primary boot loader used in embedded devices. It is free software under the GPL-2.0-only license.[4] It is available for a number of different computer architectures, including ARM, x86, MIPS and RISC-V.[5]
History
[edit]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]
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