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A lot more exhaustive list is available at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_boot_loaders Wikipedia] | A lot more exhaustive list is available at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_boot_loaders Wikipedia] | ||
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== List of legacy boot loaders == | == List of legacy boot loaders == |
Revision as of 14:12, 3 December 2009
Briefly, a bootloader is the first software program that runs when a computer starts. It is responsible for loading and transferring control to the operating system kernel software (such as the Hurd or the Linux). The kernel, in turn, initializes the rest of the operating system (e.g. GNU).
List of bootloaders
Bootloader | ARM | BFIN | MIPS | PPC | SH | x86 | remarks |
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APEX | y | - | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Blob | y | - | - | - | - | - | |
CFE | - | - | y | - | - | - | for specific BroadCom chipsets |
coreboot (LinuxBIOS) | - | - | - | - | - | y | Conference talk by Peter Stuge at Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2008, video |
Das U-Boot | y | y | y | y | y | y | allows networked setup |
U-Boot-v2 | y | y | - | y | - | - | allows networked setup, integrated editor and scripting |
Grub | ? | - | ? | y | ? | y | |
Lilo | - | - | - | - | - | y | x86 only, requires nasm to build |
MicroMonitor | y | y | ? | y | y | ? | |
PMON 2000 | - | - | y | - | - | - | |
RedBoot | y | ? | y | y | y | y | allows networked setup |
Syslinux | - | - | - | - | - | y | variants (including) isolinux are very flexible for booting x86 |
Yaboot | - | - | - | y | - | - | |
YAMON | - | - | y | - | - | - |
A lot more exhaustive list is available at Wikipedia
List of legacy boot loaders
Please don't pick any of these for new designs!
- rrload (RidgeRun, used for older TI OMAP boards)
- pmon (used for Linux MIPS, including BroadCom wifi router boards like Linksys)