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 release24 December 2009; 14 years ago (2009-12-24) [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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "barebox-2009.12.0 is out".
  2. ^ "Barebox - barebox master repository".
  3. ^ "README - barebox - barebox master repository".
  4. ^ a b "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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