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APEX is a boot loader for embedded systems. It was written to support the Sharp LH series of SystemOnChip processors though it has been ported to a few other ARM targets including the Samsung S3C24xx series.
 
APEX is a boot loader for embedded systems. It was written to support the Sharp LH series of SystemOnChip processors though it has been ported to a few other ARM targets including the Samsung S3C24xx series.
  
o Easy to build. It depends only on shell utilities and GCC.
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*Easy to build. It depends only on shell utilities and GCC.
o Easy to configure. There is a single configuration file and it uses the linux-2.6 Kconfig infrastructure.
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*Easy to configure. There is a single configuration file and it uses the linux-2.6 Kconfig infrastructure.
o Excellent dependency management. Uses Linux kernel Kbuild to optimally manage dependencies.
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*Excellent dependency management. Uses Linux kernel Kbuild to optimally manage dependencies.
o Modular. Commands and drivers may be included or excluded by configuration.
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*Modular. Commands and drivers may be included or excluded by configuration.
o Supported targets: LH79520, LH79524, LH7A400, LH7A404, IXP42x (e.g. Linksys NSLU2), S3C24xx, and iMX31.
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*Supported targets: LH79520, LH79524, LH7A400, LH7A404, IXP42x (e.g. Linksys NSLU2), S3C24xx, and iMX31.
o Support for RARP IP configuration and TFTP transfers to the target.
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*Support for RARP IP configuration and TFTP transfers to the target.
o Filesystem drivers for FAT, EXT2, and JFFS2.
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*Filesystem drivers for FAT, EXT2, and JFFS2.
o Partition driver for FIS as used by Redboot.
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*Partition driver for FIS as used by Redboot.
o Small footprint. A limited feature version can be as small as 16KiB.
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*Small footprint. A limited feature version can be as small as 16KiB.
o Support for booting APEX from non-memory-mapped storage, e.g. NAND flash, OneNAND, I2C
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*Support for booting APEX from non-memory-mapped storage, e.g. NAND flash, OneNAND, I2C
  
 
[http://wiki.buici.com/wiki/Apex_Bootloader Apex Project Page]
 
[http://wiki.buici.com/wiki/Apex_Bootloader Apex Project Page]
  
 
[[Category:Bootloaders]]
 
[[Category:Bootloaders]]

Revision as of 19:04, 12 May 2009

APEX is a boot loader for embedded systems. It was written to support the Sharp LH series of SystemOnChip processors though it has been ported to a few other ARM targets including the Samsung S3C24xx series.

  • Easy to build. It depends only on shell utilities and GCC.
  • Easy to configure. There is a single configuration file and it uses the linux-2.6 Kconfig infrastructure.
  • Excellent dependency management. Uses Linux kernel Kbuild to optimally manage dependencies.
  • Modular. Commands and drivers may be included or excluded by configuration.
  • Supported targets: LH79520, LH79524, LH7A400, LH7A404, IXP42x (e.g. Linksys NSLU2), S3C24xx, and iMX31.
  • Support for RARP IP configuration and TFTP transfers to the target.
  • Filesystem drivers for FAT, EXT2, and JFFS2.
  • Partition driver for FIS as used by Redboot.
  • Small footprint. A limited feature version can be as small as 16KiB.
  • Support for booting APEX from non-memory-mapped storage, e.g. NAND flash, OneNAND, I2C

Apex Project Page