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Embedded Linux Bootloader Overview

The document provides an overview of embedded bootloaders, which initialize hardware and load the operating system, highlighting common bootloaders like U-Boot and GRUB. It details the boot process, including hardware initialization, kernel loading, and error handling, as well as the roles of the ROM Bootloader and Secondary Program Loader. Additionally, it explains U-Boot's configuration and functionality in preparing the kernel for execution.

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Embedded Linux Bootloader Overview

The document provides an overview of embedded bootloaders, which initialize hardware and load the operating system, highlighting common bootloaders like U-Boot and GRUB. It details the boot process, including hardware initialization, kernel loading, and error handling, as well as the roles of the ROM Bootloader and Secondary Program Loader. Additionally, it explains U-Boot's configuration and functionality in preparing the kernel for execution.

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EMBEDDED LINUX

BOOTLOADER

Mohit Singh Gusain


SSE – PeopleTech
Introduction to
Embedded Bootloader
• Software that initializes hardware and loads
the operating system.
• Common Bootloaders:
U-Boot, Barebox, RedBoot, GRUB.

• Find the difference between UEFI, U-BOOT.


Bootloader Functionality

• Hardware Initialization: Setting up CPU,


memory, and peripherals.
• Loading Kernel: Copying the kernel image
into memory.
• Passing Control: Handing over control to
the kernel.
• Error Handling: Managing boot failures and
recovery.
Power-On Self-Test (POST):

• Hardware checks and initialization.

Bootloader Stage:
Booting • Bootloader execution and environment setup.
Process
Overview Kernel Loading:

• Bootloader loads and configures the kernel.

Kernel Initialization:

• Kernel sets up the operating system and


mounts filesystems.
Embedded
Linux boot
process
Bootmode Switch

NXP iMX8 Bootmode Switchs Ti AM62x Bootmode Switchs


ROM Bootloader (RBL)
• The RBL code initializes the PLL (phase
locked loop), CPU, memory controller, and
on-chip devices, and configures other
hardwars.

• The RBL load the SPL image (MLO - Memory


Loader) form the memory as per the
Bootmode switches configuration.
Secondary Program
Loader (SPL)

• SPL reconfigures the PLL.


• Set the UART console if debug port is
enables.
• Initialize the memory (RAM).
• Copies the Uboot image in the DDR
(RAM).
UBOOT
• [Link] : Uboot use this file to get the custom configuration for
booting the kernel.
• Initialize peripherals like i2c, NAND, Flash, Ethernet, USB etc.
• The bootloader Search for the kernel Image in the Flash memory
and decompresses the kernel image into RAM.
• Hand over control to the Linux kernel.
For Reference
• [Link]
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