source: clfs-embedded/BOOK/bootable/common/bootloaders.xml @ ce86847

Last change on this file since ce86847 was ce86847, checked in by Andrew Bradford <andrew@…>, 10 years ago

Add bootloaders page to bootable section

Just list out popular bootloaders. Telling how to configure each for
any desired target is not reasonable.

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-bootable-bootloaders">
9  <?dbhtml filename="bootloaders.html"?>
10
11  <title>Bootloaders</title>
12
13  <para>There are many different bootloaders.  Creating detailed instructions on
14    how to use even the more popular ones is difficult as each architecture and
15    board often has different levels of support or configuration options within
16    each bootloader.  Often, development kits will ship with a bootloader
17    already configured, if your board comes with a bootloader pre-configured,
18    it's best to start using that and then venture on to building the bootloader
19    yourself later.</para>
20
21<para>A few of the popular bootloaders include:</para>
22
23<variablelist>
24
25  <varlistentry>
26    <term>Barebox</term>
27    <listitem><para><ulink url="http://barebox.org/" /></para></listitem>
28  </varlistentry>
29
30  <varlistentry>
31    <term>CoLo</term>
32    <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.colonel-panic.org/cobalt-mips/" /></para></listitem>
33  </varlistentry>
34
35  <varlistentry>
36    <term>GNU GRUB</term>
37    <listitem><para><ulink url="https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/" /></para></listitem>
38  </varlistentry>
39
40  <varlistentry>
41    <term>Syslinux</term>
42    <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/The_Syslinux_Project" /></para></listitem>
43  </varlistentry>
44
45  <varlistentry>
46    <term>u-boot</term>
47    <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot" /></para></listitem>
48  </varlistentry>
49
50</variablelist>
51
52</sect1>
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