Barebox

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]

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, RISC-V, PowerPC, OpenRISC, Kalray MPPA
Available inEnglish
TypeFirmware, Bootloader
LicenseGPL-2.0-only[4]
Websitewww.barebox.org Edit this on Wikidata

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. "Barebox-2009.12.0 has been released [LWN.net]".
  2. "Barebox - barebox master repository".
  3. "README - barebox - barebox master repository".
  4. "README - barebox - barebox master repository".
  5. "1.2. Barebox — barebox 2021.10.0 documentation".
  6. "[U-Boot-Users] U-Boot-NG ?". 2 July 2007.
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