Introduction to the U-Boot bootloader

U-Boot is the universal bootloader used on a vast majority of embedded systems, development kits, products and so on. This session is an introduction into the U-Boot bootloader, including a hands-on part, and covers practical topics like identifying that the board is running U-Boot, accessing and exploring the U-Boot shell, including advanced scripting techniques to make life easier, obtaining information about the current hardware, accessing buses and storage and finally booting the kernel. Furthermore, since every embedded project has it’s unique set of requirements, U-Boot customization topics are briefly touched at the end of the session.

All the Embedded Apprentice Linux Engineer classes will involve using embedded hardware during the hands-on labs.