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Das U-Boot Bootloader
Das U-Boot is a bootloader for embedded PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and x86 devices. It comes pre-installed in Openmoko FreeRunner. It can boot several different operating systems. Our goal is to use U-Boot to boot HelenOS on the FreeRunner.
Relevant chapters in the DULG Manual:
U-Boot on Openmoko status
Openmoko uses a private fork of U-Boot (source available in their Git repository) which is not part of the up-stream sources. U-Boot is deprecated as a booting solution for Openmoko. Nevertheless it still comes as the default loader.
Openmoko plan to replace U-Boot with Qi, a stripped down version of Openmoko U-Boot. It has practically no features (no boot menu, no DFU, no API) but it presumably supports u-Boot images as the primary means of booting.
Qi does much less HW initialization than U-Boot so it may be necessary to add more HW initialization to HelenOS to support it. (E.g. turning on display backlight).
